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In reply to the discussion: The Last Generation of Kids That Played Outside [View all]Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)that you rarely hear children playing and laughing outside. About the only time I see the neighborhood children is at Halloween...and, that is very few.
We had to all but threaten our kids to come in for supper and they couldn't wait to get back outside to their games. Getting them back in for baths and bed was even more difficult until the mosquitoes made their decision for them.
They walked to/from school, rain or shine, and loved it since they had extra time to catch up with their friends on the latest news. Of course, they had only been apart overnight, but they always found something new to talk about.
Winter snow found them on the neighbor's hillside. They would come in periodically to drink hot cocoa and get their snowpants dried out, then back to the hillside until supper was ready. They certainly slept well with all that fresh air.
After they graduated from high school was about the time the pedophiles started driving the neighborhoods. They had a couple flashers, but the police caught them before they did any damage. Gradually, I noticed there were no kids walking by the house on their way to school. They were being delivered and picked up. That continues to this day.
How sad.