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[quote=Anonymous][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]

My sons are in "5 activites a week" and they always play outside. They play manhunt, basketball, street hockey, soccer, go to the creek, fish at the local pond. The original question was what do they do to "entertain themselves" and I would only say my son will walk the dog and read a magazine or the sports page. But "play out side" all the time.

Most kids that do sports are home by 8pm ... except hockey (teens get the later ice time), they are teens so they are out and about until 10 or 11 on the weekend. I think 8-11 with friends is enough hang out time.
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I am sorry but I highly doubt your 13yr old child goes to school, has an activity every day, does all his homework and still goes out to the pond or to play manhunt. [/quote]

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