[fgoodwin]

The article is a year old, but worth reading.

Its sad what has happened to kids playtime over the last 20-30 years. I can remember getting on my bike in the morning and not coming come until it was dinnertime. Used to catch crawdads after a rain, "explore" creekbeds for hours, build treehouses in the woods, stay at the neighborhood pool until sunset, and play touch football, all without adult supervision.

What's happened? Have we as parents forced our own kids indoors by being so afraid of the outdoors, predators, molesters and kidnappers?

[Bigh4u2]

Internet,Ipods,Play Station, just to mention a few.

[conservativehusker]

I think Ipods and Video games play a big part..but nowadays my kids can "explore" to their hearts content...just don't leave the fenced in back yard...I think pedophiles in the past knew they would be killed by parents and kept LOW...I now have one that lives 6 blocks away and can't do anything to him....

[Tijeras_Slim]

I can remember getting on my bike in the morning and not coming come until it was dinnertime. Used to catch crawdads after a rain, "explore" creekbeds for hours, build treehouses in the woods, stay at the neighborhood pool until sunset, and play touch football, all without adult supervision.

Now, even the outdoor activities seem to be arranged by adults.

[SunkenCiv]

Should youngsters be called obese?
Waterbury Republican-American | July 3, 2006 | Lindsey Tanner (A.P.)
Posted on 07/03/2006 5:41:42 PM EDT by Graybeard58
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1659879/posts