That phrase in the title opens your eyes. Francesco Tonucci, the great Italian thinker and pedagogue, the creator of the concept the city of children, She says this so we understand the importance of giving children opportunities to experience frustration, to take risks in their independent learning, to learn on their own. How? With freedom. Children don't need us to protect them; we should let them go out to play, go to school alone—there's data showing that they're more punctual if they go alone—and go shopping in the neighborhood. "In reality, greater autonomy means less risk."