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When did kids stop playing outside

lefty louie said:
When I was kid growing up in the 60's and 70's we played in the streets all the time, baseball, boxball, football, soccer, tag, manhunt, punchball, stickball, you name it we did it. If it snowed we'd grab a sleigh or a cardboard box if we didn't own one and ride down the hills, as we got bigger we'd grab hold of a car bumper and ski all over the city.

So when did kids stop doing what was everyday fun and enjoyment for my generation and why?
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Kids still play outside.
 
Kal'Stang said:
Key words there. I think he's talking about when kids used to play outside by themselves. Go out into the "wild" and the parents not seeing them until its just getting dark when dinner just gets on the table.
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That happened all the time when my kids were younger- like 10 years ago.

Pretty much was like that in the whole town, and it seems not to have changed.
 
lefty louie said:
When I was kid growing up in the 60's and 70's we played in the streets all the time, baseball, boxball, football, soccer, tag, manhunt, punchball, stickball, you name it we did it. If it snowed we'd grab a sleigh or a cardboard box if we didn't own one and ride down the hills, as we got bigger we'd grab hold of a car bumper and ski all over the city.

So when did kids stop doing what was everyday fun and enjoyment for my generation and why?
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This is so classic.

I remember my parents saying the same things about ‘today’s kids’.

And that was in the 70s.
 
Drugs,drive bys and random shootings.
I may add crimes committed in schools along with terrorist attacks.
Sadly the days of the fifties are gone.
 
Superfly said:
Same here. We always, always lived out in the country. It was just my parents' preference. There were never any kids around to play, so we just rode our bikes, caught tree frogs, climbed trees, etc. My brother got an Atari 2600 for Christmas one year, and we thought that was the greatest thing in the world. Clearly, based on the Atari comment, I am not much younger than you.
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Same here.
We got busted damming a creek. We had quite a structure of sticks, hay, leaves and mud. We did have other kids around, we just had to walk a bit farther or ride our bikes.
 
PTF said:
Drugs,drive bys and random shootings.
I may add crimes committed in schools along with terrorist attacks.
Sadly the days of the fifties are gone.
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Depends on where you live. Not everyone lives in a city.
Years ago PBS, I think, had a show comparing the life of youngsters in different areas. One school kid from NYC and one from Montana (?). Kid in NYC got himself ready in the morning, walked during rush hour to the subway, went through metal detectors at the school.
The girl from Montana got up, saddled her horse, fed the chickens, rode to a friends house from where they rode to school together. If memory serves, they attended a one room school.
Interesting to see how the other half lives, it gives you a nice perspective. I have always argued that we should have an national exchange program, just so we get an idea what makes others tick.
So to make a long story short, your comments make no sense.
 
lefty louie said:
When I was kid growing up in the 60's and 70's we played in the streets all the time, baseball, boxball, football, soccer, tag, manhunt, punchball, stickball, you name it we did it. If it snowed we'd grab a sleigh or a cardboard box if we didn't own one and ride down the hills, as we got bigger we'd grab hold of a car bumper and ski all over the city.

So when did kids stop doing what was everyday fun and enjoyment for my generation and why?
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I live in an urban area and there's a ton of kids on my block and they are always out playing with each other.

We only did all that other stuff because we basically had nothing else to do. Let's not act like if we had internet and gaming consoles like we do now back then we would still have been outside day and night too. We're posting on a debate forum like our opinion matters when I'm sure most of us have better things to do.
 
lefty louie said:
When I was kid growing up in the 60's and 70's we played in the streets all the time, baseball, boxball, football, soccer, tag, manhunt, punchball, stickball, you name it we did it. If it snowed we'd grab a sleigh or a cardboard box if we didn't own one and ride down the hills, as we got bigger we'd grab hold of a car bumper and ski all over the city.

So when did kids stop doing what was everyday fun and enjoyment for my generation and why?
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I invite you to check out this video by Vsauce that discusses "Juvenoia"

Juvenoia : The fear one generation of adults holds towards the younger generations succeeding them. Often times coincides with the inability to recall one's own childhood and use this as perspective when formulating opinions about "today's" youth. The feeling that entertainment, social practices, fashion, etc was superior in one's past when compared with how these are practiced by younger generations in modern times.



Really interesting stuff.
 
Lovebug said:
Depends on where you live. Not everyone lives in a city.
Years ago PBS, I think, had a show comparing the life of youngsters in different areas. One school kid from NYC and one from Montana (?). Kid in NYC got himself ready in the morning, walked during rush hour to the subway, went through metal detectors at the school.
The girl from Montana got up, saddled her horse, fed the chickens, rode to a friends house from where they rode to school together. If memory serves, they attended a one room school.
Interesting to see how the other half lives, it gives you a nice perspective. I have always argued that we should have an national exchange program, just so we get an idea what makes others tick.
So to make a long story short, your comments make no sense.
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Yes it does.
It's reality...not with your "Little House on the Prairie" ideology.
At the end,you end up going back to your normal lifestyle.
What happens if a city kid gets upset after he/she visits a one room Amish type settings and compares it with the low info education he/she is getting ?
Let down and anger sets in.
" Why can't we have this type of up-to-date technology in our education ? "
It's okay in small parts but in the long run not that good of a idea(smiling).
 
PTF said:
Yes it does.
It's reality...not with your "Little House on the Prairie" ideology.
At the end,you end up going back to your normal lifestyle.
What happens if a city kid gets upset after he/she visits a one room Amish type settings and compares it with the low info education he/she is getting ?
Let down and anger sets in.
" Why can't we have this type of up-to-date technology in our education ? "
It's okay in small parts but in the long run not that good of a idea(smiling).
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Come again?
 
Cisero said:
I invite you to check out this video by Vsauce that discusses "Juvenoia"

Juvenoia : The fear one generation of adults holds towards the younger generations succeeding them. Often times coincides with the inability to recall one's own childhood and use this as perspective when formulating opinions about "today's" youth. The feeling that entertainment, social practices, fashion, etc was superior in one's past when compared with how these are practiced by younger generations in modern times.



Really interesting stuff.
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Love the glasses.
 
lefty louie said:
When I was kid growing up in the 60's and 70's we played in the streets all the time, baseball, boxball, football, soccer, tag, manhunt, punchball, stickball, you name it we did it. If it snowed we'd grab a sleigh or a cardboard box if we didn't own one and ride down the hills, as we got bigger we'd grab hold of a car bumper and ski all over the city.

So when did kids stop doing what was everyday fun and enjoyment for my generation and why?
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1980s. That was when I was born. Its kind of like what happened to Halloween.

See the news became a 24 hour thing and in order to have viewers you had to grab attention so everything became news. The more important you felt it was the more you'd watch.

I mentioned Halloween earlier... I remember going trick or treating every year until we heard this news story about somethings poisoning candy. And people so intently watched that story they suddenly came up with many thought three next couple of years involving razor blades and needles and so forth.

Scaring parents into believing that there could be a devil shoving razor blades into mars bars and laughing fiendishly in his lair.

The story was false. A step father tried to murder his stepson via poisoning sand did it with Halloween candy.

I remember my mother expressing creates of my brother and I being kidnapped. As if there are witches on every block trying to eat children.

Thus the video game generation was born.
 
CLAX1911 said:
1980s. That was when I was born. Its kind of like what happened to Halloween.

See the news became a 24 hour thing and in order to have viewers you had to grab attention so everything became news. The more important you felt it was the more you'd watch.

I mentioned Halloween earlier... I remember going trick or treating every year until we heard this news story about somethings poisoning candy. And people so intently watched that story they suddenly came up with many thought three next couple of years involving razor blades and needles and so forth.

Scaring parents into believing that there could be a devil shoving razor blades into mars bars and laughing fiendishly in his lair.

The story was false. A step father tried to murder his stepson via poisoning sand did it with Halloween candy.

I remember my mother expressing creates of my brother and I being kidnapped. As if there are witches on every block trying to eat children.

Thus the video game generation was born.
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OTOH, pedophilia is very real. We can't dismiss real concerns, because we have some sickos around us.
 
In my subdivision a few kids still play outside. Two years ago I was at a Homeowners Association meeting where a black woman was all concerned that she kept seeing kids playing in the community green zone with no parents present....she claimed that this was neglect, that their safety was in great danger, and that the HOA had on obligation to rectify the situation.
 
Lovebug said:
Come again?
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I think you know what I'm talking about.
Comparing lifestyles isn't going to cut it.
We all go back to our corners.
One group wish they had what the others got. The others don't want what they have.
If you don't understand,try imagine living in their shoes in tough neighborhoods compared with yours. I'll bet you will be happy saying there's no place like home...done.
 
Lovebug said:
OTOH, pedophilia is very real.
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But most likely perpetrated by someone that has access and the trust of the child not some random person Idriving by.
We can't dismiss real concerns, because we have some sickos around us.
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We can't dismiss concerns regarding being attacked by a shark or struck by lightening.
 
My kids generally stop playing outside around November. After that it's just too cold most of the time, and it's (usually) not worth spending 20 minutes bundling them into their snowsuits to go play in the snow for 5 minutes.
 
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