Should we let our kids play outside?

Yes. A lot of the problems these days is the meda attention to the society that we live in. We have alway had these problems and they have always been as bad as they are now but we never knew about them. It is only now that they are finding out what has happend to children 60 to 80 years ago because modern technology has come so far in that time. Your children need to be outside it is healthy for them and they need to be active. Children when they go to a park learn to interact with other children and learn how to team build it is a main part of their development. What we have to realise is that no child is safe not just from the people that ...  Read the complete review

Yes!!!!! Kids need the freedom, fresh air, experiences, exercise, etc, etc. Think back to your childhood and I bet that the majority of your happiest memories are filled with tree climbing, hopscotch, jump rope, creative play, hide and seek, playgrounds, exploring new areas and learning about nature. None of these things are fun or effective when done inside, you cannot learn about the world from a computer screen. Children need to experience things for themselves, just like we did. Yes there are 'bad people' around, but then there always have been and always will be. There are no more now then there were 50 years ago, it's ...  Read the complete review

Should we let out kids play outside? My simple answer to this is yes! I suppose it helps in a way that I studied the phenomenon of moral panics last year, and can see how the papers blow things so far out of proportion that they are unrecognisable. Now I'm not going to say that there have never been any children abducted, or any children murdered by strangers, but I for one can only think of two off the top of my head. Poor James Bulger and Sarah Payne (there might have been other high profile ones but I can't think of them at the moment), I'm not including Madeline McCann because there is no evidence of a definite abduction, but that's not a discussion for ...  Read the complete review

Growing up I now realise that I had a fair bit of freedom. As a child I did not know of such things such as child abduction & the other horrific things that take place today... But for this, I feel that I benefited. I used to love running around with all the other children, not having a care in the world, just doing what children do. Of course, I had my restrictions, which was to ensure that I let my mother know where I was at all times. As I child I was always running around, I was never an overweight children , which has become a problem today with the rate of childhood obesity raising alarmingly. I feel that this fear that parents have, ...  Read the complete review

I think that it's so important for children to be able to go out and play, and to have an element of freedom. Putting aside the obvious benefits later in life of having learnt independence from a young age what about children just enjoying childhood? So many people argue that children should go out to play because it will make them better adults and you don't want adults who are too scared to do everything and these things are true but I say let children out to play because it's enjoyable and it promotes good health. Let them have their childhoods. However, children need a safe environment to play in. I don't think that letting children out on the streets is a ...  Read the complete review