Creative Play with Children at Risk by Jennings Sue;

Author:Jennings, Sue;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Routledge

Keep safe when playing

The metaphor of a shield is very important in our play work and, indeed, in all our work with young children and vulnerable people. A part of our role is as a protector, to keep people safe, and to ensure that they are not abused or bullied and put in unsafe situations or near dangerous objects or substances.

The word shield first appeared in about 1450 and it has Icelandic and Nordic roots. It began as a noun, an actual ‘thing’, and later became both a verb as we think of shielding somebody from something and a metaphor for protection. Gods in many belief systems are meant to be a shield and protect mortals from dark influences or temptation or the devil.

Modern riot police wear protective clothing and carry an enormous shield and truncheon and beat out a rhythm as they group to charge a crowd. This is very reminiscent of tribal warfare and the decorated shields and spears. Usually the tribe members chant the rhythm but the ‘warlike’ effect is the same. There are many important shields in myth and history and certainly the ancient Greeks would pass down their war shields from father to son.

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