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UglyGreed

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61. Yes!!!!

Reply to Javaman (Reply #60)

Fri Nov 14, 2014, 09:42 AM

Nov 2014

and a pizza man truck too. Ahh the memories.

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The Last Generation of Kids That Played Outside [View all] mfcorey1 Nov 2014 OP

When I was a child I would go UglyGreed Nov 2014 #1

I wouldn't come home all day long, except maybe lunch. but then I would be out again. Javaman Nov 2014 #25

Yes I did the same UglyGreed Nov 2014 #45

when you said, "kill the guy with the ball" I had to look where you were from... Javaman Nov 2014 #46

So you know what I was UglyGreed Nov 2014 #48

Bug man truck? Javaman Nov 2014 #57

Oh I skitched also UglyGreed Nov 2014 #59

oh yeah, I forgot about that! Javaman Nov 2014 #60

Yes!!!! UglyGreed Nov 2014 #61

okay this is an odd one... Javaman Nov 2014 #62

I do UglyGreed Nov 2014 #63

We called it 'Run Around' deaniac21 Nov 2014 #51

Lol...kill the ball carrier BeyondGeography Nov 2014 #52

It was "smear the queer" when I grew up philosslayer Nov 2014 #64

Yup. I'd head out after breakfast hifiguy Nov 2014 #47

On top of that, the educational process is being avebury Nov 2014 #2

I hear you about playing outside. djean111 Nov 2014 #3

Since the 1990s or so, I don't know how many times I've commented... Frustratedlady Nov 2014 #4

my kids play outside d_r Nov 2014 #5

"Last Child in the Woods" by Richard Louv... Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #6

I second it. It's an excellent book. Brickbat Nov 2014 #21

I tend to agree. Even so, abductions have always been with us... Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #26

Yep. It was just a new style of reporting at the time that suddenly magnified the fear. Brickbat Nov 2014 #28

People because more concerned about the well-being of kids in the 80s. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #39

All of my nieces and nephews played outside. SamKnause Nov 2014 #7

Yeah....no pipoman Nov 2014 #8

Don't forget Dungeons and Dragons. nt awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #53

That one just sends kids to hell.... pipoman Nov 2014 #54

... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #70

Magic card game. Once when my son was sorting his cards on a train, a woman approached us and uppityperson Nov 2014 #66

Some people take stuff... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #71

My cousin is a luddite. More scared of technology than against it. Hoppy Nov 2014 #9

Jaysus abelenkpe Nov 2014 #10

My neighborhood in St. Paul, MN is always MineralMan Nov 2014 #11

did you tell them to get off your lawn? TheSarcastinator Nov 2014 #12

My kids play outside and have iPads gollygee Nov 2014 #13

This. JNelson6563 Nov 2014 #23

I get a kick out of these types of generational discussions GusBob Nov 2014 #14

Actually we're medicating them out of creativity Ezlivin Nov 2014 #15

My kids played outside and as upper teens, still play outside seabeyond Nov 2014 #16

Our feral/free-range sons grew into feral /free-range adults SoCalDem Nov 2014 #34

i do not turn on the tv during the day. and i do not mostly at night either. seabeyond Nov 2014 #35

They were far too busy to watch tv most of the time.. SoCalDem Nov 2014 #36

Uh, my street is filled with kids that play outside until dark. Dawgs Nov 2014 #17

and even well past dark... Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #49

+1. Kids in my family who are only 18 now treestar Nov 2014 #56

i think the factory school system is doing more harm than ipads. mopinko Nov 2014 #18

Relatively few kids play outside here in Phoenix. Coventina Nov 2014 #19

I used to tunnel into the side of hills playing the Great Escape. kairos12 Nov 2014 #20

My wife and I live in a 1,000 home subdivision were hundreds of children of all ages live. ladjf Nov 2014 #22

I bought my son a 1000 dollar Kayak instead. ileus Nov 2014 #24

My kids play outside TBF Nov 2014 #27

What nonsense. Ikonoklast Nov 2014 #29

Then again, playing outside is no guarantee that a child will grow up to be creative. surrealAmerican Nov 2014 #30

if this were fully true, profession sports would be waning, but they are not. kids still get out... yawnmaster Nov 2014 #31

The iPad wasn't created by a generation or by collective experience but rather GreatGazoo Nov 2014 #32

You forgot the tunnels ReRe Nov 2014 #33

Replace "iPad" with "TV" and you get exactly what they said about us. jeff47 Nov 2014 #37

In my case it was "Atari" Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #50

True and the new stuff at least involves the person treestar Nov 2014 #55

Except now we all have AC and you can sit inside 365 days a year. ileus Nov 2014 #68

Believe it or not, it was quite possible to sit inside 365 days a year without AC. jeff47 Nov 2014 #69

LOL, typical "Kids These Days" tripe. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #38

I don't think iPads are the main cause of kids not playing outside... LeftishBrit Nov 2014 #40

I Live in a Philadelphia RobinA Nov 2014 #41

Building tree houses, feeding the animals with dad, play "farmer" with my brother and his toys jwirr Nov 2014 #42

What utter hogwash. Threedifferentones Nov 2014 #43

PA Small town H. Cromwell Nov 2014 #44

Just yesterday I was wondering what kind of childhood memories today's kids would have. Vinca Nov 2014 #58

It really depends on the parenting. LP2K12 Nov 2014 #65

Kids still play outside. DemocraticWing Nov 2014 #67