Japan's Old Enough and Australia's Bluey remind us our kids are no longer ‘free range’ – but we can remake our neighbourhoods

By Rebecca Clements, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Sydney
Elizabeth Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning & Design, Monash University
Hulya Gilbert, Lecturer in Planning and Human Geography, La Trobe University

Seeing Japanese parents send toddlers out on their own to do errands has shocked viewers. But not that long ago our neighbourhoods were also child-friendly, and we can make them so again.

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