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What the global ‘play gap’ means for our children’s futures

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Are we neglecting childhood? The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about more than changes in business, technological developments and the push to solve global challenges from poverty to climate change. It’s about the way the next generation grows up.

We must equip our children with the skills and tools to address and embrace the new realities of tomorrow. To do this, we must allow them to develop through play. Play is the freedom for children to engage with and learn from the world that surrounds them…

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