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

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #53)

Fri Nov 14, 2014, 02:40 PM

Nov 2014

told us she just had to talk with us about the satanism in those cards. My kid looked at her blankly, after picking my eyeballs up off the floor where they fell after rolling them so hard, I said "thank you for your concern but we have no worries".

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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

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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