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why don't kids play in the street anymore?
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this was a topic of discussion on the vine show radio 2 this afternoon.
some woman campaigning to get kids playing out again ...like wot they did when i were a lad.
i often go back to the streets where i were a lad ...where i used to play in the streets.
i felt like screaming at the stupid woman ...
you can't play in my street anymore cos it's full of parked cars!
there were very few when i was a kid.
imagine trying to play football now ...every inch of curb space taken up with shiny metal ...millions of quids worth in every street!
not sure what my point was now ...or if i even had one ... :eek2:
some woman campaigning to get kids playing out again ...like wot they did when i were a lad.
i often go back to the streets where i were a lad ...where i used to play in the streets.
i felt like screaming at the stupid woman ...
you can't play in my street anymore cos it's full of parked cars!
there were very few when i was a kid.
imagine trying to play football now ...every inch of curb space taken up with shiny metal ...millions of quids worth in every street!
not sure what my point was now ...or if i even had one ... :eek2:
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its dangerous
and theres more stuff to do indoors these days
If i had children I'm not too sure how happy I'd be about them playing out in the street!
I used to play those things; those were the days :yes:.
Kids still play out in the street I grew up in. When I go back to visit our old neighbours they're always out playing the exact same games we did, I might join in next time!
But generally I don't think parents feel confident enough about the area in which they live, and since kids are so prone to play hiding games and go off "on adventures" it probably seems like a necessary evil to keep them inside/within sight.
Wonder why no kids do it - it's such a bright idea.
My friends friend tells his stepkid and their cousins to play in oncoming traffic. They never do though
b) proliferation of traffic
Yep and Yep. I also wish many many people I grew up with, would go and play on the A27, thats lots of lovely fast traffic for them to *try* and avoid!
Used to build great dens as well on the fields before they built a housing estate on it.
i wouldn't call it a rough area, but the parents dont seem to give a s**t.the bit that gets me is the fact theres a huge park 50m from my house, with football pitch, basket ball, tennis courts. swings etc... but they do it in the street instead. i always played in the street but i lived in a cal de sac (is that how its spelt?) and played all the games there, we could see all teh cars coming.
My kids still do. In spite of the cars.
They are children and I encourage it, I've been trying to get them to make camps too and took them sledging last week.
basically why should they not experience what I did...?