It depends on where you live. Kids near me spend all day in the woods digging holes and looking at bugs and stuff just like we used to. But we live where there

It depends on where you live. Kids near me spend all day in the woods digging holes and looking at bugs and stuff just like we used to. But we live where there are no playgrounds in very rural areas. I'm with you. The overly structured method of childhood now is disturbing. Whereas we used to play sandlot baseball, kids are on competitive traveling teams. Where we used to 'explore' the woods and camp on our own, kids are in scouts and have structured hikes every weekend with overnight camps in cabins. etc. etc Maybe it's just rose colored glasses, but I do genuinely believe that the unstructured play of my youth seemed a hell of a lot more fun than what my nieces and nephews are going through with schedules and practices and structure.