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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do any of your kids just go............outside........and....play?[/quote]

I would LOVE my kids to go out and play but no one is ever home because parents put their kids in 5 activities a week.  I agree about boredom. If only tiger moms would stop over scheduling their kids and helicopter moms would let their tween/teens outside on their own.  We are depriving our kids of so much by scheduling their every move or screens in their face. Seriously. Kids need more autonomy and free time. [/quote]

Well, my kid and I went on an unscheduled bike ride today.  We passed a few teens he knew hanging out and playing ball in the street (no traffic here, so fine).  We rode past a park and there were more teens on the b-ball courts.  I happen to know that the boys in question are in a few scheduled activities a week and that their parents are not the driving force behind signing them up.

And, FYI: never use the word "play" with tweens and older.  They "hang out"[/quote]

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