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Hands clasped tightly as their knuckles whiten with every moment that elapses. Their frantic wide eyes greet me at every turn searching high and low. A beat resonating through the park as their rapid breathing collects as one overprotective chorus.

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"Thank God for the children's safety harnesses, that luckily today you can find in every color, size and for any use," said their father.

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My brother huffs and puffs as he pushes me up the steep hill in my wheelchair. When we reach the top he gives one final, enormous push and lets go, our friend proceeds to chase me, to see if he is fast enough to catch up. If our mothers knew they would have a fit. And, we'd all be grounded for a week. At least.

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''But why?'
It is an exchange of words common between parent and child 'but why' is it that parents are so overprotective when it comes to their children?

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As a child I often returned home carried by my elder brother; crying because of the latest injury I had suffered after climbing on or jumping over anything I thought I shouldn't. I would often be in trouble for getting myself into the mess I was in, however freedom and experience can be the best teacher.

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A bright smiling face came flying towards me, wind blowing through his hair and sheer delight in his eyes. The tiny balance bike hurtled down the large slope of the dirt track, kicking up dust behind it and gradually getting faster. As it reached the bottom my 2 year old stuck his foot out and flicked the back wheel round in style 'Can I do it again?' he asked excitedly

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“Hell no! Joshua you get back here right now!” her tone echoes down our street.
“What did I tell you about running off? You could have been hit by a car or worse killed!” Screeches his Mum.
Everyday parents voices cry out trying to restrict their curious children on their inquisitive journeys to school.

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Do we have the right to mould and protect our children the way we see fit? If so, how far can we go to ensure their safety?

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Do you really feel safe on our streets when the lights get turned off ?

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Do you really feel safe on our streets when the lights get turned off ?

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Shockingly half of the 700 parents surveyed about parental protection would rather a child stayed home playing computer games instead of playing outside due to the potential dangers they might incur.

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Numerous times during my childhood I arrived home covered in mud, sweaty with scraped limbs, exhausted and exhilarated with a day full of adventures whirling inside my mind, whereas today our streets remain sparse and silent.

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Do you want your child to be a constant failure during their adult life?

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My sister and I spent many weekends hurtling down the hill on our roller skates trying to catch the bumper of the car in front. I couldn't think of anything more dangerous now and would never tell the kids of this experience; shame as holds wonderful memories of fun times.

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It seems to be that everything we do these days is a risk; is there anything that's not?

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Amazingly a survey of 500 people, only 10% of them would let there children do what we now call 'dangerous activities' such as climbing trees and swimming in the local lake.

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Screeching with joy as I hurtled down the hill on my bike. My friends cheering at the bottom to go faster, I peddled and peddled, but then I came to an abrupt stop!  My tyres had skidded on the stones and I was a heap on the floor with blood pouring from my mouth.  "Was I going to die?" I asked my mum as she scooped me off the floor.

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"Safety helmets, elbow and knee pads all for an afternoon of skating, gone are the days of just grab your skates and go" said Ruby's mum.  " It's a joke, the world has gone mad over health safety. Time the kids put it all on they would have forgotten about the skating" said Charlies mum.   They both nodded in agreement and started to laugh.

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As an adult and someone who cares for the environment, it makes me cringe to think of my much younger self carelessly throwing an unwanted milkshake into the air. Its descent, however makes me smile as it landed on my cousin's head. He was understandably upset. We were friends at the time but fell out some years later over money. Some memories are consolation and meant to be treasured!

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The near-empty McDonald's milkshake was hurled into the air. The remaining liquid was weight enough to carry the cup on its intended arc, over a barbed wire fence and into a railway siding. A whipping cross-wind caught it mid-flight and its trajectory changed, looping back and down onto the unsuspecting head of a soon-to-be-annoyed teenager.

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Why do young people think that carrying a knife is okay?