Why not let kids do what they want to do instead of jamming the lifestyle we want them to have down their throat? I grew up in a middle of the middle class nei

Why not let kids do what they want to do instead of jamming the lifestyle we want them to have down their throat? I grew up in a middle of the middle class neighborhood where both parents worked and no one had time to take their kids to these events. Aside from the agreed importance of school, most kids did at most 1-2 things. I played guitar/bass so I took lessons once a week and I also played around on a computer. Some played Football and Baseball, some rode skateboards and BMX bikes. Aside from those who unfortunately got into drugs, all are fine adults doing everything career from Medicine to Concrete. Kids wandered our neighborhood, played all day in the woods, rode bikes down busy streets at age 10 to go the music store. What's happened to us?