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> School playgrounds are empty and stay empty unless school is in session. The kids at my local school used to play for hours after classes but last week were
by dingaling 8y ago
> School playgrounds are empty and stay empty unless school is in session.
The kids at my local school used to play for hours after classes but last week were told they have to leave within 10 minutes of the bell for 'liability reasons'
Combined with the volume of traffic nowadays and the conversion of local parks to pay-per-use 'sportplexes', most parents unfortunately just decide to coop their children in their gardens.
Kids don't want AstroTurf pitches and climbing walls, they just need quiet residentual streets or a brownfield site with sticks and ponds. But they're gone.
- gtlondon 8y agoThis is a great point that kids don't want AstroTurf and climbing walls -- ultimately they just want to play. Its the same in the UK. Schools close within 15 minutes unless you pay extra to stay. On the plus side: the over population and diversity in London specifically means that kids here are actually quite good at behaving / communicating as they tend to be in transitional groups.
- fatnoah 8y ago"This is a great point that kids don't want AstroTurf and climbing walls -- ultimately they just want to play." My son's school goes daily to an amazing playground with a 20ft high climbing structure, swings, rock wall, zip line, and other school stuff. He and his friends usually end up playing with sticks in the dirt in the one part of the playground not covered in wood chips or a rubberized ground.