Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
Locking up the swings in the playground forced kids to play outside how exactly?
I'm not sure you've thought that through.


p.s. my kids are all mad on football and are outside just as much as I was at the same age.

there ARE more cars around these days so playing on the street isn't as easy
Because kids had to use their initiative and find other things to do. When I was growing up places like Heath Park, Pontcanna and countless other outside locations were populated massively by football teams on a Saturday afternoon. Now there are hardly any teams as kids prefer to stay in their rooms playing computer games and such like.

I can only speak from personal experience but at a young age I was out of the house from 10am until at least 5pm. Now kids can't go anywhere without parental supervision. That's not a criticism by the way but a reflection of current society.