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"Do you still play outside?"

Odd title, but I want to know.
Work is boring today, my boss is now off on holiday until next year so I have little to do.
So I'm sitting there asking what I can do for anyone, and the other 2 PAs shrug. So I offer a suggestion, "Let's go outside and have adventures!" (we have about 5 acres of grounds where I work with forest and lake and stuff).

Well, apart from accepting that going out and having adventures would be excellent, someone said that they don't let their kid outside much to play, in case he gets snatched.

Now when I were a lad, me and my mates used to play out as often as possible as long as we were back before dark.
We used to play war in the forest or play in the stream and along the riverbank etc.
Does this still happen? Or do kids just stay in and play video-games now?
Why do I see small groups of them standing around outside local shops/garages at night?
Do they not have homes they can go to? Someone's house they can congregate in and plan break-ins?

Has the younger generation of today lost interest in "playing outside"? I remember there used to be up to 20-30 kids with guns and knives playing in the woods, but I just don't see that anymore.

Is it me?

Prawn Star wrote:
> that much. Gaming and Scholl has taken over my life.

the fact that school takes over your life and you still can't spell it is either very ironic or you just made a typo.
i suspect the latter. Funny though :D

Well, i don't so much "play" outside as I play sport or bike, but not that much. Gaming and Scholl has taken over my life.

Ah! Pretend you're a gunner in a car. Shoot all the ugly kids in passing cars.

Phew.... I thought you were some kind of crazy stalker for a moment. :)

Hmmm... better explain this a bit more.

I get bored shopping.

Someone walks along, I decide to follow them to the next shop they go into.

I spend time in there.

Repeat.

They don't see me, don't worry.

;0)

There are limits, yes. Usually anyone younger, really old, women, or insane looking ones.

Ummm...not single women I hope.

When I get bored when shopping I start following people around.

Whenever I go to a beach I bury something.

Whenever I'm in a field, I look for a stick to use as a sword, and whack anything that is remotely higher than the ground.

I spend hours playing with building blocks and stuff with my nephew. I've recently taught him to play the drum, or colander.

I think I'm just a big baby when it comes down to it, and I think that's great.

I've got to think of more stuff I do.

I think it is just that the youth of today is different, it isn't as safe as it used to be, too much traffic, dangerous people. Some people don't even feel safe in their own home let alone outside. I think this is quite a sad day and age when kids can't be safe outside playing. I used to play in a forrest beside my house and when I was about 13 I was the oldest in the group so I kind of had to keep an eye out for the younger brothers and sisters of my friends incase they got lost or hurt. Probably nowadays parents don't allow their children to wander around as much as they don't feel they will be safe enough.