No outdoor play 'hurts children' Children's health is suffering because they are losing the chance to play outside, a group of experts has warned. Over-anxious parents, computer games and school tests are to blame, a letter signed by almost 300 academics, authors and charity leaders says. The decline in "unstructured, loosely supervised" play is adversely affecting children's mental health, they add. Here is more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6986544.stm