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[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 35 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I never see kids playing outside. There are parks, fields, forests around where I live.

Over time I learned there are actually kids living in my apartment building but I have no clue what they do all day. It's kind of depressing.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The town I live in renovated a park to have a gigantic playground, and every nice weekend day I've been there there's tons of kids and parents there. On Halloween there were tons of kids out despite it being around 0F out that night. But random weeknights? I don't see kids playing in yards much. I don't see kids riding their bikes to convenience stores to get snacks. I think the risk acceptance of parents has shifted a lot plus kids are more able to occupy themselves with fondleslabs so they have multiple reasons to not go outside

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 13 points 9 months ago

Playgrounds are fenced off and parents constantly stay within 2 steps of their helmet wearing kids here in Czech Republic. When those kids are older than toddler age, they disappear from public life.

It's not like that in my home country where maybe they just sit around playing with their phones, but at least they're outside with friends.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

the world is much less welcoming to broke kids

[–] cqthca@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago

"fondleslabs" nice.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A building down the street from where I live has like 3 families with kids renting and they are always outside in a big gaggle. Like is the weather close to halfway decent? They are out.

I think because their parents are never around supervising them. But that’s about the only place with obvious kids. There must be more, but I have no idea where.

[–] cqthca@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

That's a good point, latch key kids is what we were

[–] matengor@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I read an article recently about kids not spending much time outdoors anymore. One of the main reasons not mentioned here seems to be that the majority has nice rooms for themselves at home, and they enjoy the time they spend there.

Kids rooms are a lot nicer nowadays, and often they don't need to share it with a sibling as they might have 30 years ago. Also the amount of toys has risen, I suppose.

Not that this is entirely a good thing. Children need to spend more time outdoors. But let them enjoy their indoor time if they want to.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Do the parks have benches? Cities keep ripping out the benches and plants so the kids (and those experiencing homelessness) have no privacy

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, for some reason shrubs and plants are ripped out more and more. Lots of nice areas are now just empty patches of grass. Not sure about the homeless but it is much harder now to find a place to pee in private if you're outside a lot

[–] cqthca@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago

you don't have a pee bottle? /s

[–] Devi@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Same. There are a few kids in my road that will play directly outside their houses, but when I say 'kids', definitely 12+. One kid about 15 sets up skateboard ramps and does jumps which I love to see, but actual kids? Never see them without their parents. Kids are taken to school into their teens, I'd have been mortified if my parents came to school past like 9 or 10.