Recess Restoration Revolt

As schools and cities confront youth mental-health spikes, advocates push guaranteed daily recess, adventure-playgrounds, and liability reform to replace zero-risk, rule-saturated spaces with child-first environments that enable risky free play. — Shifts education policy, tort standards, and urban design toward developmental needs, reframing safetyism as a public-health risk and making recess/playground mandates a governance issue.