It's just that we wish that the same official concern that is extended to our cars could be shown towards our children.
We aren't an organisation that grumbles and complains without making positive suggestions. The NPFA's 'Six Acre Standard', which sets out ways in which play and leisure space can be shared out between children and adults at a rate of six acres for every thousand people, is accepted as a benchmark by many enlightened local authorities. But it isn't the law - and we think it should be.
The Six Acre Standard suggests that four acres per thousand people should go to providing space for outdoor sport, and two acres for children's play.
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