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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the elementary school aged kids we know who don’t do organized sports stat home and play video games.  That is NOT “free play”.

I also find this subject tiresome.  We don’t live in the same world we did when my mother was a kid and summers and after-school involved going outside and playing in the creek, sledding, building tree forts, etc.  Most of us live in over-developed suburbs or cities where free range is simply dangerous.

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Why is it unsafe? I'm totally with you that some things have shifted and that's ok. But I've also read that people's perception of "safety" now is often not linked to reality very well and in fact things have gotten much much safer since our parent's time, but perception of safety has shifted for a lot of reasons I'm sure but partly because we have access to SO much media. I guess I'm just surprised you say the suburbs where most live are simply dangerous. We live in Arlington and kids definitely have a lot of free range to go around our neighborhoods (maybe not as early as they used to before, but starting in maybe 3rd grade) and it seems perfectly safe in the large scheme of things. My in-laws live in Burke and the kids DEFINITELY roam free around the neighborhood. All seems safe.[/quote]

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