This intersects well with another NYT post from a few years back about unstructured play https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/magazine/the-anti-helicopter-parents

This intersects well with another NYT post from a few years back about unstructured play https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/magazine/the-anti-helicopter-parents-plea-let-kids-play.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/magazine/the-anti-helicop.... Would be fascinating if we're seeing the beginning of a larger cultural trend back towards kids being allowed to experience more disorganized, self-directed activity.