Play The Benefits of Risky Play My last two columns came about as a result of some recent developments related to the ASTM Standards Subcommittee meetings in May. I intended to start this… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kenneth Kutska
Health TO DO NO HARM: We Must Re-Think Our Playgrounds “First, do no harm” is a popular mantra of the medical profession. At least that was the phrase that was drilled into me all through my undergraduate and… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Angela Hanscom
Safety Hazard versus Risk versus Injury Outcome Part 1 of 2 In my last column I said I was going to write about how to bring more challenge and risk into the play area without creating a hazardous condition. I talked… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Kenneth Kutska
Safety Why is Risk and Challenge Disappearing from our Children's Play Environment? The lack of risk and challenge in our children’s play environment has become a hot topic as more and more risky and challenging play events are removed or not… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Kenneth Kutska
Playground The Importance of Challenge on Playgrounds The late ’90s saw a wave of playgrounds retrofitted to conform to ASTM and ADA are these now beginning to show their age and we will soon be seeing an uptick… Updated Nov 17, 2023 Jay Beckwith
Safety Hazard versus Risk versus Injury Outcome Part 2 In my last column I ended with this paragraph… Children fall in a course of their day whether it is on the playground or not. Falls can result in some level of… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Kenneth Kutska
