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  • Wee67
    Museum Correspondent
    • Apr 2, 2002
    • 10603

    #16
    The kids at the other end of my apartment bldg somtimes play ball in the hallway. There's no carpeting, so they can sometimes be a bit loud. I LOVE it! Every time I hear them it reminds me of playing in the hall when I was a kid
    Last edited by Wee67; Jun 29, '10, 11:26 AM.
    WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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    • huedell
      Museum Ball Eater
      • Dec 31, 2003
      • 11069

      #17
      Originally posted by kingdom warrior
      We're Old..........

      Kids need to play and get exercise and interact with other kids face to face to develop their social skills.
      Ha. You know, you have a point. I forgot about that aspect of childhood....
      i.e. the notable benefits of embracing social and physical stuff at an earlier
      age as opposed to locking yourself away.

      I guess I was more trying to answer the question, than being cognizant
      of "developmental" stuff.
      "No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris Mannix

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      • Earth 2 Chris
        Verbose Member
        • Mar 7, 2004
        • 32972

        #18
        We live out in the county on a highway, so my son isn't allowed to ride his bike up and down the road without an adult present; too dangerous. But he does go outside and play. If I think he's been sitting around in the house too much, I send him out. He also plays soccer and is in Cub Scouts, so we insure he gets fresh air and exercise.

        My 2 year old daughter LOVES to be outside. We can hardly get her to come in this time of year!

        Chris
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        • HardyGirl
          Mego Museum's Poster Girl
          • Apr 3, 2007
          • 13950

          #19
          Originally posted by Cmonster
          No, they don't. Never. Too busy playing video games and with their heads buried in their phones/blackberries...

          The beautiful, blue water of the Pacific, just down at the end of the block and these frikkin' kids are inside, pale as ghosts, staring hour after hour into those little screens... Sigh...

          SC
          You have kids, Sandy? Because of your love of all things 70s, I would your kids would be completely brainwashed by you! (in a good way!)
          "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
          'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
          Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
          If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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          • Riffster
            Atomic batteries to power
            • Jun 29, 2008
            • 2487

            #20
            I talk about this with my friends all the time, most summers since i was 7 or 8 I would ride my bike alone 3 miles to the town beach for swimming lessons I'd be gone all day til 5 for dinner. you can't do that anymore..
            or the be home when the street lights come on rule is long gone
            Looking for Infinite Heroes Robin and Catwoman
            And Super Powers Batman

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            • B-Lister
              Eccentric Weirdo
              • Mar 19, 2010
              • 3075

              #21
              Originally posted by toystalker
              we built dens, bogeys, peg guns, and made tree houses

              nowa days if i see a group of kids playing in the street there more than likely out on a raise jacking cars and nicking anything thats not nailed down
              I'm sure this means something in England, but this post is way too British for me to completely understand.
              Looking for Green Arrow accessories, Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver, and Japanese Popy Megos (Battle Cossack and France, Battle of the Planets, Kamen Rider, Ultraman) and World Heroes figures

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              • megoapesnut
                The name says it all!
                • Dec 3, 2007
                • 3727

                #22
                Our neighborhood kids play outside quite a bit. We live in a very safe neighborhood. I can't tell you how many times I left the garage door wide open all night (and I don't mean just unlocked, I mean wide OPEN) with expensive mountain bikes and other stuff inside and never once had anything stolen. One house on the block has a BBall net and that gets quite a bit of use. Another house has a large enclosed trampoline and I am surprised that is not worn out. Plus the elementary school and playground/park with a creek running through it is only a couple of blocks away and that gets quite a bit of use. My kids play video games with the best of them but they get outside often as well.

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                • HardyGirl
                  Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                  • Apr 3, 2007
                  • 13950

                  #23
                  Originally posted by megoapesnut
                  Our neighborhood kids play outside quite a bit. We live in a very safe neighborhood. I can't tell you how many times I left the garage door wide open all night (and I don't mean just unlocked, I mean wide OPEN) with expensive mountain bikes and other stuff inside and never once had anything stolen. One house on the block has a BBall net and that gets quite a bit of use. Another house has a large enclosed trampoline and I am surprised that is not worn out. Plus the elementary school and playground/park with a creek running through it is only a couple of blocks away and that gets quite a bit of use. My kids play video games with the best of them but they get outside often as well.
                  That's great. Childhood is not dead!
                  "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                  'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                  Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                  If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                  • Cmonster
                    Banned
                    • Feb 6, 2010
                    • 1877

                    #24
                    Originally posted by HardyGirl
                    You have kids, Sandy? Because of your love of all things 70s, I would your kids would be completely brainwashed by you! (in a good way!)
                    I don't have any kids of my own Sharry, but I have two nephews that I absolutely adore. And yes, they are brainwashed by their uncle Sandy-- I've got the older one already freediving down to 20ft, and they're both hooked on megos!!!




                    SC

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                    • megoapesnut
                      The name says it all!
                      • Dec 3, 2007
                      • 3727

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Cmonster
                      I don't have any kids of my own Sharry, but I have two nephews that I absolutely adore. And yes, they are brainwashed by their uncle Sandy-- I've got the older one already freediving down to 20ft, and they're both hooked on megos!!!




                      SC
                      Those photos warm my heart

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                      • HardyGirl
                        Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                        • Apr 3, 2007
                        • 13950

                        #26
                        Oh Sandy, they're so cute! It's nice to see them playing w/ their Megos.
                        "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                        'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                        Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                        If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                        • Nostalgiabuff
                          Muddling through
                          • Oct 4, 2008
                          • 11424

                          #27
                          kids play outside in my neighborhood. I make my kids go out at least part of each afternoon, providing it is not raining. they need to be outdoors playing and not just watching TV and playing video games. my own kids are only allowed in the backyard though, not in front. I try to get out there to go for a bike ride or go in the pool, as my own hectic schedule allows

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                          • Spyweb007
                            Persistent Member
                            • Apr 18, 2006
                            • 1449

                            #28
                            When most of us were young kids would spend all day outside on their own with the other kids. Today that's just not acceptable, if any kid under 12 was out unsupervised and something happened the parents would be arrested for neglect. My son loves to be outside, but he can't just go out in the yard and play, he has to wait until Mom or Dad are done doing laundry, dishes, paying the bills or whatever other household chores need to be done, and it just doesn't leave as much time as it should. It's sad that the realities of the world have to intrude so much on the lives of today's kids, but at the same time I sometimes wonder how kids in the 70's managed to make it safely to adulthood.

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                            • wolfie
                              Persistent Member
                              • Dec 31, 2007
                              • 1567

                              #29
                              Do you think the fact that kids don't go out all day and play like we used to is because the kids don't want to or because the parents won't let them.?

                              It's been my experience that it's the parents that have stopped kids enjoying themselves outside by freaking that somethings going to happen to them if they let them go out of the front door on their own.

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                              • toystalker
                                none
                                • Mar 27, 2008
                                • 795

                                #30
                                Originally posted by Mister Blisterfists
                                I'm sure this means something in England, but this post is way too British for me to completely understand.
                                im sure it means something in england too

                                but i dont live there thats a bit like me calling you a canadian and vice versa hahah

                                lol now you know what its like for us uk folks with all your sidewalk, popsicle, twinky talk

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