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Re:The play deficit (2013) by mike1o1 on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @11:41PM (#41187896)
Note that the article is from 2013, though I imagine things have only gotten worse for children since then. I think a decrease in family size and number of cousins might also be a factor.

I’m lucky enough to live on a street with a few families with similar age children, and it’s such a difference in enjoyment levels when all the kids are able to get together and play compared to just one or two.

I wonder if we’ll see a rise in popularity of co-op type groups for families with similar mindsets to get together for adult-free play.

Re:The play deficit (2013) by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @11:46PM (#41187916)
Jonathan Haidt, well-known author of "The Anxious Generation", has spoken a lot about the transition from "play-based childhood" to a "phone-based childhood", and it makes me incredibly sad whenever I hear him talk about it.
Re:The play deficit (2013) by dang on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @11:46PM (#41187920)
Year added above. Thanks!
Re:The play deficit (2013) by CalRobert on Thursday August 08, 2024 @01:17AM (#41188343)
The dream is to live somewhere my kids can run around safely outside. It's maddening how hard that is to find, given that my kids are likely to be the ones who "dart" in front of some poor innocent driver.

This, in Davis, would be amazing. https://nstreetcohousing.org/