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There is another change too. Houses used to have porches, elderly people sat on them. They knew every kid and who they belong to. Now they don't, everyone is in

There is another change too. Houses used to have porches, elderly people sat on them. They knew every kid and who they belong to. Now they don't, everyone is inside on their electronics. People don't even know their neighbors names. Today's kids are not encouraged to be kids. They are playing "travel" soccer at age 6, 5 nights a week and traveling on the weekends. I not claiming one or the other is a panacea but there are lots of factors and even more we can't even truly know.

rubidium 8y ago
That and there were a lot more moms at home. Fall off your bike and gash open your arm and some adult would probably see you pretty quickly and come to help if you needed it. And likely know or be able to locate your parents. Eyes on the streets is a Jane Jacobs concept that applies here.
csomar 8y ago
Yea I wonder why no one is paying attention to this. If you don't know you environment, you can't let your kids go "there". I don't know even my next door neighbours in my building. Have never seen them. Sometimes I hear their TV plays but that's about it.
- tonyarkles 8y ago
  > I don't know even my next door neighbours in my building. Have never seen them. That's a regret that I have from my youth. I lived in several apartments and didn't really make much of an effort to get to know any of the neighbours. At one place, only after having lived there for 9 months, did I discover that my next door neighbour was someone I went to high school with! It's really nice to be able to just walk over and knock on the door (at reasonable times, of course) to have a chat with someone or borrow a cup of sugar or whatever. We've been really making a conscious effort at our recently bought house to get to know all of the neighbours. It's really awesome! We're not close with anyone yet, we're going to have a BBQ together in a couple of weeks and get to know each other better. It's a really great feeling knowing that, even if you're not close, the people around you have got your back.

rubidium 8y ago

That and there were a lot more moms at home. Fall off your bike and gash open your arm and some adult would probably see you pretty quickly and come to help if you needed it. And likely know or be able to locate your parents. Eyes on the streets is a Jane Jacobs concept that applies here.

csomar 8y ago

Yea I wonder why no one is paying attention to this. If you don't know you environment, you can't let your kids go "there". I don't know even my next door neighbours in my building. Have never seen them. Sometimes I hear their TV plays but that's about it.

tonyarkles 8y ago
> I don't know even my next door neighbours in my building. Have never seen them. That's a regret that I have from my youth. I lived in several apartments and didn't really make much of an effort to get to know any of the neighbours. At one place, only after having lived there for 9 months, did I discover that my next door neighbour was someone I went to high school with! It's really nice to be able to just walk over and knock on the door (at reasonable times, of course) to have a chat with someone or borrow a cup of sugar or whatever. We've been really making a conscious effort at our recently bought house to get to know all of the neighbours. It's really awesome! We're not close with anyone yet, we're going to have a BBQ together in a couple of weeks and get to know each other better. It's a really great feeling knowing that, even if you're not close, the people around you have got your back.