children playing outside

[Anonymous]

We live on a street where the kids do not play outside on the street but a couple streets down, there are wolf packs of chilldren roaming around. They leave their homes easily and play outside all of the time.

Is there a way to cultivate that somehow on our street? We don't have a ton of kids on our street but I know there must be more that just want to play outside?

I have a social butterfly DD and I so wish we lived on a more active street with tons of kids.

[Anonymous]

Just send her outside with a toy. Kids will gravitate.

[Anonymous]

Our street is a "wolf pack" street. Here's how the relationships formed...

1. Sports. The kids play a sport together, and then like meeting up to kick the soccer ball, play catch etc.

2. The families get together. And the kids are thrown together because of that and they end up comfortable at each other's houses etc.

3. There's a ring leader. My DS is a weird kid and has trouble with friendships at school. But he's very outgoing and will just go to all the houses and knock on doors asking if kids want to play sardines or whatever. He has organized countless evenings of this over the years like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our street is a "wolf pack" street. Here's how the relationships formed...

1. Sports. The kids play a sport together, and then like meeting up to kick the soccer ball, play catch etc.

2. The families get together. And the kids are thrown together because of that and they end up comfortable at each other's houses etc.

3. There's a ring leader. My DS is a weird kid and has trouble with friendships at school. But he's very outgoing and will just go to all the houses and knock on doors asking if kids want to play sardines or whatever. He has organized countless evenings of this over the years like this.

OK, what about girls? Do you think this could work the same way? Mine do activities but aren't really friends with the kids there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live on a street where the kids do not play outside on the street but a couple streets down, there are wolf packs of chilldren roaming around. They leave their homes easily and play outside all of the time.

Is there a way to cultivate that somehow on our street? We don't have a ton of kids on our street but I know there must be more that just want to play outside?

I have a social butterfly DD and I so wish we lived on a more active street with tons of kids.

Get the parents to take away kids’ screens.

Only then will kids return to normal and play outside again.

[Anonymous]

OP do any of the kids on your street go to the same school as your kids? If so, are they friends?

I don't love that you assume that girls don't play sports in your reply. One of the best athletes in the neighborhood is a girl and she holds her own at all the sports.

But anyway, if your kids don't play organized sports it doesn't mean they can't be active. We play 4 square, ride bikes and scooters, throw a frisbee around, jump rope, play sardines, "among us", etc.

[Anonymous]

Send your kids to ring doorbell when they go out.