Germany's Waldkindergarten - outdoor pre-schools - send kids to learn and fend for themselves in the great outdoors. But as the idea goes global, what’s making a generation of helicopter parents decide to let go of the reins?

As people become increasingly dependant on technology, parents are anxious to equip their kids with the tools they need to adapt. How? By teaching them the basics of software programming.

Knowing how to code is an increasingly important skill, but getting a young child enthusiastic about programming isn’t easy. Can gamifying the education process with toy robots help create a new generation of computer scientists?

From posing toys while their kids are asleep to sending their teddy bears off on a package holiday to Japan, parents are encouraging creativity and excitement that relies on their children’s imaginations rather than their iPads.