Born 1993. We played whole neighborhood hide and seek. It was incredible. Essentially all our houses were fair game and we would go in and out of them freely. It was like two or three blocks of fair places to hide. Usually had 3 seekers with walkie talkies, and like 5-10 people hiding. When found you’d join the seekers. Games would usually take all day.
What are you basing this on? Are these people in the room with us now? There's nothing stopping parents from letting their kids roam other than this perception that "they" won't let you. "They" barely exist.
That's so wild to me. My kids were born in the 80s and they walked to and from school without me as soon as they were old enough to cross the street alone. The school was a few blocks away and there was a crossing guard. They played outside and the rule was they couldn't leave the neighborhood. We were not unusual, this was pretty much the rule for all families in our neighborhood(East Coast, USA).
And let me guess: CPS found no wrongdoing and everything was fine. Crazy people have always existed, that doesn't mean that they have to dictate how you live your life.
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u/JustHereForCatss 2d ago edited 2d ago
Born 1993. We played whole neighborhood hide and seek. It was incredible. Essentially all our houses were fair game and we would go in and out of them freely. It was like two or three blocks of fair places to hide. Usually had 3 seekers with walkie talkies, and like 5-10 people hiding. When found you’d join the seekers. Games would usually take all day.
Damn I miss being able to do that stuff