have you noticed that you never see many kids playing games outside,like we did years ago???

Question

it used to be block,hop scotch tin can alley things like that,but you never see todays kids playing things like that.obviously because now a days we have that many perverts and things that prey an kids its just not fair on them as we are scared to let our children out now a days.dont you agree!!!! i would hate to be a child now.....

Answer 1

it is so dangerous nowadays to leave a child alone anywhere they are not safe at school and a lot of times now they are not safe at home when your in the next room!!! people will always find a way and it is sad that it has resorted to this!! its not just the pervs either, its all the gangs, and asbo teens, and the druggies, and everyone else out there!!!!!!

Answer 2

What a lovely question! Play station is to blame not perverts as your kids would only be playing outside your front door. I used to play May I and Ball dog does any one remember those ? Those were the days xx

Answer 3

Yes and I feel there are three main reasons for this:
1) The internet and computer games allow them to be entertained and have "company" with out going out.
2) Many parents are concerned about the many dangers to children when they are outside, that were not as prevalent as when we were kids.
3) Since the baby boom is over, there are not as many kids and the school districs are larger making it hard for kids to play with their school friends without having to travel a good distance.

Answer 4

Yes, I've sure noticed that. I account for it because guilty, working parents think that they need to occupy every single second of their child(ren)s lives with organized activities. Kids need some free time to play with other kids in the neighborhood. Parents COULD take turns keeping an eye on all of the children--if they had any desire to.

Answer 5

I'm a child now, and my parents and I agree: childhood is much harder now than it ever was. My mother used to walk all the way to the mall when she was a kid, because there weren't any kidnappers. Today, children can't even play out in their lawn without supervision. Also, we have computers, TVs, and iPods that keep us preoccupied instead of playing outside.

Answer 6

I agree with you, being a child now is not easy, can't let them out for fear of being taken, shot, etc etc... Leave them in thehouse and they have all those video games, televsion, music, and no exercise. No wonder kids are obese these days.

Too bad, we cannot give the children back their innocence and let them be children

Answer 7

When i was younger there would always be a group of kids playing foootball, basketball, kickball, or hide and seek out on my street, but now when i look out the window there is rarely a kid out there.

I miss the old days! Darn video games!!

Answer 8

Now they play games like stab a child and shoot a shop owner progress indeed well done the left Bravo to the socialists and politically correct

Answer 9

i say welcome to the age of technology where TV replaces parks, and computers replace the board games.

and then again there is the point of letting your kids go outside, turn around and they vanish or are hit by a car or mauled by a dog...

that is why we moved house to a cul-de-sac with a large round patch of grass in the middle. everyones kids are out there and we can all keep an eye on them from the house.

Answer 10

In my neighborhood, kids are outside all the time. I really think the media has done such a fine job of scaring the heck out of people that its shortchanging our kids-that's a shame.