How lack of independent play is impacting children's mental health

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/31/1209763238/how-lack-of-independent-play-is-impacting-childrens-mental-health

"And when you believe that you cannot, then you kind of develop a victim
attitude, like anything can happen at any time and there's nothing I can
do about it. And that's an attitude that sets you up for anxiety and
depression."  I don't think I agree with this.  The bullying part is
completely independent of whether someone is supervised or unsupervised.
In both cirumstances, there can be anxiety and depression, whether they
feel incapable of protecting themselves and later blame authority figures
for failing to protect them, or whether the authority figure does protect
them and then later find themselves incapable of defending themselves
against bullies.

Nevertheless, I do generally agree since it does make it easier to
confront or question authority if there was no one in authority there to
shield the kid.