Die Besorgnis wächst, da das unstrukturierte Spielen im Freien für kanadische Kinder abnimmt
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/concerns-grow-as-unstructured-outdoor-play-decreases-for-canadian-children/
Die Besorgnis wächst, da das unstrukturierte Spielen im Freien für kanadische Kinder abnimmt
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/concerns-grow-as-unstructured-outdoor-play-decreases-for-canadian-children/
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>“Kids are playing less globally than previous generations, and that’s driven by a lot of different factors,” said Jessie Thomson, CEO of Right To Play International.
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>“I think as parents, we all know that digitalization, AI (and) social media is pulling kids away from play, physical play, but also just free play.”
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>“One in three children told us that they didn’t have enough time to play. One in five children told us that they didn’t have a safe place to play, and one in four children told us that they didn’t have anyone to play with.”
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>She said the consequences can be significant.
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>“When kids don’t play, they don’t learn and grow in the way that they need to. But we also know it has a tremendously important impact on their mental health and on their physical health and on their overall well-being.”
Why is “unstructured outdoor play” in any way a concern?
Maybe if the parents weren’t struggling for money amd didn’t need to have both a job and more, they could take care of their kids better.
I wonder how this will affect motor skills development. Tablet kids already have shorter attention spans, if you add a lack of coordination to the mix that can’t be good.
I’m thankful we were able to afford a decent yard in a nice neighborhood for my kids. They spend hours playing make believe in their backyard, and we live close to a park and trail system that we spend most of the summer in.
I don’t want screen addicted kids. I’m addicted myself at this point and am trying to work on it really hard my only having allotted hours for scrolling.
It does suck a lot of parents and kids don’t have access to interesting outdoor areas or safe yards.
Self reporting from children is extremely unreliable.
Ask any 9 year old if they have enough time to play.
Parents are scared to send their kids outside these days.
I’m not going to say that digital devices aren’t a major contributor to children abstaining from unstructured play, but I feel that Nosey Nancy’s have been the biggest contributor since the 90s.
There was a story not long ago about cops being called on kids going down the block to visit with friends and walk to school.
There should be more awareness of the constant social oppression of children in public.
I do think digital media contributes but i think perhaps a bigger factor is the perceived lack of safety outdoors. Many parents don’t feel safe letting there kids outdoors in an unstructured environment. Few have the time to supervise, and camps and other services are expensive.
Some of this fear is real and some isn’t. Media coverage is also a contributing factor.
Well all the playgrounds have been removed or dumbed down so they are no fun.
I remember our play equipment being more engaging. We had monkey bars at school. Today, schools are banning soccer balls and footballs because of hear trauma risk. We’ve made our playgrounds too safe.
I know every generation has said this but I’m so terrified for our future.
The biggest reason I don’t let my kids go down to the playground at the end of our rural country dirt road is because I worry about their safety. That they’ll hurt themselves or be hurt by someone else either a child or a predator. That they’ll be abducted. I understand that in the grand scheme of things our children are safer than ever before however I don’t “feel” that way. I also feel that if they were the target of a predator. If found, that person wouldn’t receive an appropriate punishment therefore I feel there isn’t a big enough deterrent to stop a predator, should they consider to target my child. In this instance knowing they’re safe doesn’t in anyway override the feeling that they’re not safe.
When I was a kid growing up in the 80’s I was free range and out of the house with friends anytime it was above freezing lol no cell phone to see where I was or when I’d be back and my mother did not bat an eyelash. Knowing about every single time anything bad happens to a kid anywhere anytime hasn’t done us any good in this area. Plus lighter sentences for offenders don’t leave a lot of faith in the justice system for people to feel confident enough to do things the way older generations did.
I remember playing street hockey all from elementary till the end of high school. I can’t recall the last time I saw a group of kids playing street hockey.
It’s called play deprivation. Depriving a child of play by not creating ample opportunities for them to play. It’s a form of neglect.
Blame the parents! I took my kids to the playground and other parents were suggesting we write to the municipality to complain that the spinning feature on a piece of playground equipment was unsafe. They’re like monkey bars but instead 3 circles that rotate.
My kids would rather stay home than deal with the people sleeping in the park. I’d do the same thing, it isn’t the same out there today.
We live near a park and I have no concerns about like abductions or people calling the police on my kids for hanging around the neighbourhood unattended etc, bur to get there they have to cross a busy intersection with four lanes of traffic and people always blow through the stop signs in their giant oversized vehicles. They aren’t comfortable walking there alone, and I don’t feel great sending them. We do have a postage sized backyard where they play for hours every day in the warmer months, so it suggests to me that it’s an environment issue, rather than an issue with kids or parents.
There is a lot of evidence that suggests one of the major changes in childhood freedom and autonomy has been the way car centric travel has left kids stranded on urban islands. Traffic speeds, increased size of vehicles and the absurd number of delivery drivers who are overworked and not familiar with kids being out on the streets has really exacerbated the situation. None of my kids friends live a safe walkable distance and rhat has a huge impact on informal play opportunities.
Well they wanted a sanitized and overly safe society, then that’s what they got as a result
Well you never have to clean up Lego or add polysporin to a cut if they just sit on their iPad all day.
It’s fucking neglectful to park your kid on an iPad all day but here we are. Lazy millenial parenting.
Well it’s not for lack of play apparatus.
My area park was some buried construction scraps including large cable spools and 2 concrete water pipe lengths.
As a new parent (3 and 1) I can easily see how this is 100% on the parents. Kids naturally want to play outside. Every day I ask my 3 year old what do you want to do. And never has he said „I want to watch TV“ or „I want to play phone games“. Its always „Go to the park“, „Play in the back yard“, „Play Catch“, „Look for bugs“ (I hate bugs). And thats what we do, every day. If its raining? I suck it up and we go splash in puddles.
I’m not anti phone/tablet. We have a long commute daily so he can play them in the car. But when were home were playing outside. I blame social media, so many people are just glued to their phone. Hell even the park, most of the parents just go so they can sit on the bench and play on their phones.
Play with your kids and play outside.
I very much want my kids to have unstructured outdoor play, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what I am legally allowed to let them do if I’m being honest.
I have really dropped my standards of supervision in the past year only to have now become bombarded with a bunch of “your children should never be more than a metre away from you.” A week ago, we were all walking to the park and my older two were on their scooters a block or two ahead and an adult yelled at them and sent them right back to me.
ETA: As far as I’m aware, it’s age 12 and I think that’s insane but there are so many stories like this
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-mom-cfs-walk-around-corner-bakery-1.4880712
Parents will claim they are too scared to let their kids play unsupervised and proceed to put ZERO effort into using or researching the parental tools available to them to monitor/control social media usage.
So basically we’re depriving kids of the important aspects we all participated in and yet doing nothing about the cancer that is replacing it.
Devices obviously play a large role. However, the overlooked fact is modern parents being way too overprotective.
Digital media’s effects on parents are also under estimated. Most parents I talk to think that the world is unsafe, when in reality it’s never been safer. Growing up in the 80s/90s there was way more crime but it went unreported to the masses. Local news would only print big stories. Now every parent is posting about creeps at parks or getting tweets about every single arrest within 100 miles of them and think there is more crime.
Parents feel they need to supervise everything or have some say in all aspects of their kids lives. They try to eliminate as many variables as possible and it’s more for their own peace of mind.
When my children were growing up there were lots of neighborhood kids on the street. There was always someone to play with and kids got along. They had a standard of behaviour and those that didn’t behave were excluded from the game. They learned from one another.
Now our streets are empty of children. People keep to themselves more. Kids are off to daycare at an early age.
Maybe start making playgrounds out of wood timber again. They aren’t as fun as they used to be, there has to be an element of danger involved
Took my 3 and 5 year old boys around a southern European country for a month. Whenever we visited a public park or garden, they would hop out of the wagon we were using and immediately find ways to start playing with rocks, twigs, leaves and the trees. The first time I saw them do this I felt relieved! Like „oh thank God, modern life hasn’t ruined them yet. They still know how to be kids“.
have old teens here. the issue is one of letting kids be kids, prioritizing giving them time for unstructured play as much maybe more than we do sit-down education. I think it’s imperative for kids to be left alone to go *do kid stuff*, and get the parents tf out of there.
Let them be kids, the way gen x were free.
I guess it’s a good thing my kids are always wanting to go to the park and play