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In reply to the discussion: The Last Generation of Kids That Played Outside [View all]surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)30. Then again, playing outside is no guarantee that a child will grow up to be creative.
Your generation (which is probably the same one as mine) is full of people who lack creativity. The creative, inventive individuals are the exception - not the rule.
It's not the same thing that fosters creativity for every child: for some, playing outside will do - for others, staying in and reading or learning to play a musical instrument. Children are individuals - there is no quick-fix to creativity for all children.
That said, your youthful water shows sound awesome. My parents would never have let us do that - they would have been upset about getting the yard too muddy. That's what ended the "slip-and-slide" for us.
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I wouldn't come home all day long, except maybe lunch. but then I would be out again.
Javaman
Nov 2014
#25
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#46
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Brickbat
Nov 2014
#28
Magic card game. Once when my son was sorting his cards on a train, a woman approached us and
uppityperson
Nov 2014
#66
My wife and I live in a 1,000 home subdivision were hundreds of children of all ages live.
ladjf
Nov 2014
#22
Then again, playing outside is no guarantee that a child will grow up to be creative.
surrealAmerican
Nov 2014
#30
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yawnmaster
Nov 2014
#31
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GreatGazoo
Nov 2014
#32
Believe it or not, it was quite possible to sit inside 365 days a year without AC.
jeff47
Nov 2014
#69
Building tree houses, feeding the animals with dad, play "farmer" with my brother and his toys
jwirr
Nov 2014
#42