Drittes der Kinder spielen nach der Schule nicht im Freien, britische Forschungsergebnisse
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/29/children-uk-outdoors-play-society-school-research
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Drittes der Kinder spielen nach der Schule nicht im Freien, britische Forschungsergebnisse
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/29/children-uk-outdoors-play-society-school-research
Von Forward-Answer-4407
15 Kommentare
There’s too many dangers outside, probably best keep them indoors on smartphones, where there aren’t any.
Well that is horrifying.
I used to teach in Brighton and many children had never been to the seaside.
Mine do but people complain about that too
Hey ho
I find it more surprising that 2/3rds of children still play outdoors after school.
In all fairness when I was a kid, we were playing knock off ginger and climbing trees.
These days it’s a iPad.
Are you not outside if you’re surfing the information superhighway?
After coming home, I used to stuff myself for lunch and patiently waited for half an hour. Then I run for the door and play with my mates. I had to wait because my mum was fed up with me vomiting and not letting my lunch digest. I thank my parents and my mates for giving me a proper childhood.
Being grounded truly was miserable.
There’s also the slightly ridiculous situation of primary school kids being set loads of homework
There was a tag team of van couriers trying to abduct little girls in my very rural, very low crime area. (Not from our area / country).
Pedophiles get a slap on the wrist. If I lived in a city, id also have to worry about gangs and knives.
The world our kids are growing up in isn’t the same as ours in the 90’s or the 00s.
It’s not always easy especially in the autumn and winter. Work + commute + bad weather. You might not be home until after 5. There’s cooking and cleaning to be done.
Further to that, play with who and where? The roads are always busy, and other parents are in the same boat. Even play dates with kids on the same street require communication and coordination.
That said I have a 4 year old no idea why older kids aren’t being kicked outside to play.
Different to when I grew up to be honest, if I had kids I wouldn’t want them round migrants. We live in a very low trust society these days.
Mainstream and social media have convinced parents that the outside world is full of dangers (even though kids are more at risk from people they know). However, this has been going on for decades so what we have now is a generation of 20/30-something parents who themselves weren’t allowed to play outside.
Then add on to that how smartphones and tablets have been used as a pacifier to the extent some kids are hooked on youtube and tiktok. It’s not that surprising.
Based on my daughter’s friends a lot of kids have activities almost every day after school.
A lot also go to after school clubs which allow outside play if weather is ok.
Part of it is boomers and people on next door thinking children should be locked up for so much as laughing to.loud or kicking a football.
There isn’t anything to do outside now other than loiter in groups of friends then be accused of intimidating older people. No activity areas, parks with nothing but used needles and broken glass in them and then they’re told no ball games, oh, and don’t go there because strangers will kidnap you and now we’ve got the far right being actively signal boosted by mainstream politics because they’re scared of losing the racist vote – so anyone vaguely „foreign“ looking is either to be frightened of or intimidated by the loitering group who have nothing else to do.
Do we honestly blame kids for going on their phones or PlayStation? I’m 40 and my generation got this sort of stuff at school age, I can’t even contemplate what it is like as a kid growing up now. I can’t understand anyone wanting to have a kid today. You’d be doing it for reasons more about yourself if you ask me, they have nothing to look forward to