Tobogganing down stairs 'is good for children' - The Telegraph 14th November 2007

Children should be allowed to take risks, says a headmaster who lets his pupils camp out on school fields and toboggan down staircases to help develop "judgment and common sense". Robert McKenzie Johnston, the head of a private girls' school, said yesterday that it was acceptable for pupils to "get grazed knees and bruised noses" to encourage self-awareness.

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