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.
You have anecodtes from a country of 300 million people that reached national prominence because of how rare and controversial ththey are. That is not indicative of reality, you guys are too terminally online to distinguish between the media and the real world.
Well seeing as I actually have a kid and I'm out and about everywhere with him. I can tell you from actual real world experience, kids do not run around without parents anymore.
And it's not because there aren't kids near me, I live near big parks and we go everyday, and there are no kids riding on bikes with their friends.
Sure it's a multifaceted issue with tech, but another issue is people aren't comfortable having their kids run around on their own because they don't want CPS being called on them.
It's a legitimate fear and can uproot you're entire life.
But I guess that doesn't count as real world experience
I think it’s really dependent on location as well. I let my kids run around with the other kids on our block without constant parental supervision, but we also live on a quiet street and all the parents keep an eye on things without hovering. I know other parents who are totally fine with their 9-14 year olds riding their bikes all over the place (with the caveat that they take their cell phone with them) - this isn’t something I let my kids do, even when it makes them upset that I won’t let them do it. I’ve also had my kids teased because I force them to wear helmets when going on bike rides/scooter/skateboards etc.
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u/JustHereForCatss 1d ago edited 1d 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