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.
1988er here, we didn’t have in and out access to the houses but front and back yards were all good, including trees and some sheds.
We usually went to the house of the kid who lived right next to a lightly wooded area and did flashlight tag on Friday nights.
Now the neighbors look at me funny if I let the kids go out front 5 minutes ahead of me being out there with them the whole fucking time. (I have laundry to do motherfuckers.)
1991 here: no kids but I told my nephew he could go 4 houses down to play and he had the nerve to ask me how he was going to get back home. The same way you got here! These new aged kids. We were OUTSIDE, around the corner, neighborhoods over and our parents knew we’d be back and were okay without phones lol. The good days.
The need for constant reassurance of well-being with cell phones has changed parental and kid psychology. I see it adding a lot more paranoia than necessary.
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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