dfl
Posts:116
 | | 09/24/2007 2:50 PM |
 Alert | for playdates (not to insult anyone)why?
Whatever happened to playing outside with neighbors. Everyone says this small town is so friendly, so why aren't we all outside with kids running up and down the streets, where are the jump ropes, bikes, poles for freeze tag and roller skates (so I know it's hot but not even water fights happened on my block) . When I was young the steps/sidewalk was the kids porch you played, rode bikes and took turns playing games with friends. Your parent knew so and so's parent.
When are folks going to come out from their backyards and watch the kids out front playing. I miss this about the east coast.
Maybe I need a neo-traditional neighborhood. | | | |
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Cruzin
Posts:145
| | 09/24/2007 5:29 PM |
Alert | | My kids can play out front when morons stop driving 40 down my street. Until then we will drive to our friends houses or ride our bikes and powerwheels at the park. How old are your kids? Do you know what unfortunately can happen to kids these days that play out front unsupervised? The backyards are just safer. | | | |
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socrlvr
Posts:88
| | 09/24/2007 5:39 PM |
Alert | | dfl...I agree with you. I am also from the east coast. My kids used to be out all day with their friends, now there is no one around. I was told when we moved here it was because it is so hot in the summer so maybe as the weather get's cooler we will see more kids out. | | | |
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vzuniga
Posts:67
| | 09/24/2007 5:40 PM |
Alert | Yea things are just not like the old days. I remember my mom and dad sitting on the porch drinking a 40, watching us ride our bikes. LOL I AM JUST KIDDING!
Anyway I do remember them sitting on the porch though watering the grass until the sun went down and then we would go in and get ready for school the next day. | | | |
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dfl
Posts:116
| | 09/24/2007 6:37 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By Cruzin on 09/24/2007 5:29 PM
My kids can play out front when morons stop driving 40 down my street. Until then we will drive to our friends houses or ride our bikes and powerwheels at the park. How old are your kids? Do you know what unfortunately can happen to kids these days that play out front unsupervised? The backyards are just safer.</div>
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Like I said not to insult anyone Cruzin, why is it the morons cruzin down your street at 40mph.
Not that its your business but my kids are 2 & 4. I never said unsupervised. Read the OP,come out of your backyard let the kids play out front maybe you'll get to know your neighbors.
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MommaToni
Posts:1045
| | 09/24/2007 6:51 PM |
Alert | it is different now... you have to watch out for reckless drivers taking out a kid on their race home, creepy kiddie lovers, and so on....
My daughter will not play in the front. I have her friends over to play in our inside/back yard or we go to them...or meet at a park.
Gone are the good ol days when you know your neighbors look out for each others kids while they are all playing outside.
It's sad but we live in a different time. There are plenty of people on here that like to get their kids together..... just scroll. | |
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drummer72
Posts:3886
| | 09/24/2007 7:32 PM |
Alert | | Kids played outside in the midwest too. | |
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Mommystacey
Posts:186
| | 09/24/2007 8:34 PM |
Alert | | Plus some of our kids are still too young to "go play" And we need play groups to get them together. | | | |
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hendersona
Posts:401
| | 09/25/2007 8:41 AM |
Alert | | i let my kids play in our back yard or at the park. But it's true that once that weather cools off we go outside more | | | |
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hendersona
Posts:401
| | 09/25/2007 8:48 AM |
Alert | | i let my kids play in our back yard or at the park. But it's true that once that weather cools off we go outside more | | | |
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CYounghans
Posts:37
| | 09/25/2007 2:55 PM |
Alert | | I do the playdate thing because I am not going to let my 2 year old play outside. Most people who are looking for playdates have children under 5 and are looking for people who have children around the same age to go to the park with, or just play at the home but it is primarily people with children too young to just go out and play. | |
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thiskiss
Posts:334
| | 09/25/2007 4:42 PM |
Alert | I remember the days when my friends and I would be outside all day long playing with friends. Especially in the evenings we would get the neighborhood together and play hockey on our rollerblades. We all knew that we had to be home before it was dark. Most of the time to get my brother and I home, and my parents had to do was go outside and whistle (you know like the loud kind you have to do with your fingers, I can't do it for the life of me) and we both knew that we had better get home.
Ahh.. the good old days LOL | | | |
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YZRacer
Posts:1641
| | 09/26/2007 11:07 AM |
Alert | my 2 year old is way to young to go play anywhere other than in my presence. i look for playdates to help introduce social skills (like sharing, taking turns, playing with other's toys, etc) and so I can have another mommy (or daddy) to talk to.
My 5 year old goes across the street to play at a friends house sometimes, but nobody is allowed outside without an adult watching. what else would i be doing? sitting inside watching tv? i don't think so | |
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Mommystacey
Posts:186
| | 09/26/2007 9:05 PM |
Alert | | I agree with that, most of us want playdate not only for the kids to play safley and to still spend time with them but we can get some adult interaction in as well. | | | |
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maricopaswimcoach
Posts:24
| | 10/02/2007 6:56 PM |
Alert | | Wow, I must be lucky because our street consistently has 10 - 15 kids out front playing. Some of the parents put out orange cones in the street to warn motorists, and then hang out and watch. I have really felt that small town feeling in our heighborhood. | | | |
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