Reply #55: Some reasons why kids aren't out running and playing in the streets

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And probably one of the biggest factors, IMO...computers.

No computers in the 50s...60s....70s...and they weren't exactly a household item in the 80s.

Now it's pretty common for middle class kids to have a computer.

Cell phones. Why take the time to leave the comfort of one's bedroom sanctuary when one can text one's friends.

When I was a kid, if we wanted to hook up with friends, we actually had to meet up someplace or spend hours on our home phone...which wasn't really an option if mom wasn't working and was either on the phone herself or waiting for a phone call. We even had party lines for a while. Hard to socialize that way...


another reason that you mentioned..."playdates" and all the planning and arranging parents do for their kids.

I don't know if we can look at any particular generation and claim that it has more reason to be afraid than any other generation...just that the reasons for being afraid are different...