My brother and I grew up in the country, so sometimes we'd end up more than a mile from home when we'd get to playing. I can't remember one time that my mom or dad came looking for us. They trusted that they had taught us to take care of ourselves out there and to be able to find our way home. Those were the absolute, hands-down best times of my life; even when we were fighting the whole time. I'm not sure that it's all that much more dangerous nowadays. I just think with 24 hour media and the world getting smaller through advanced technology that we hear about more bad things that happen.
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
And my goodness, I love sitting within earshot and overhearing what the kids come up with when they play. They create some of the most interesting games. It saddens me to think that there are kids that miss out on the creative opportunity free play provides.
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A bit off topic, but if you'll leave kids alone, they will handicap themselves to make sports/etc more even. I remember how we used to "give points" if one team was more dominant than the other. If an adult ever got involved, it would just get messy and no one ended up happy.