TOO MANY KIDS INSIDE?

[B.P.R 2,798]

right, yesterday putting my lads go kart together i was buzzing thinking about getting my lad out in the street with all the kids for his first christmas in our new family home.

 

i thought there would be loads of kids out in the street on their new bikes, go karts, scooters or with their new remote controll cars and prams.

 

but not a single kid out

 

i took my lad out on his go kart round the streets and still didnt see a soul.

 

now this surprised me as 99% of the houses round here have at least 1 child, most have 2 or 3 even more.

 

when i was younger i was out at 8am tearing about on whatever i had got from santa and the streets were packed with kids showing off their new toys and parents pushing them around.

 

thats what made it for me.

 

i wonder why the streets were so empty?

 

my wife text the neighbours and all their kids were inside on their new computers, ipads, phones. even the really young toddlers had got them leapfrogs (childrens version of an ipad or similar)

 

my lad got all outdoor stuff, scooter, quad, go kart etc

 

now this is shocking, all the kids shut up inside their rooms getting bog eyed on their computers instead of being outside playing and enjoying christmas day.

 

really shocked me this and shows how much times have changed im the past 10 years or so.

 

6 year olds with ipads and xboxes!

 

made me more determined to bring my lad up loving the outdoors and a bit of fresh air!

Edited December 25, 2012 by Blue Pocket Rocket

[chris87 297]

was only thinking the same my self today in my fathers looking out the window at the empty estate, same as couldnt understand it as i know almost every house has kids. not good at all takes all the "being a kid" out of it imo

[Froudy 40]

Its Down to computers, xbox, play station like you said mate

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Had a walk this morning but dragged my lad out out for another, and as you said no kids out.

 

 

[haymin 2,465]

Computers iPods xboxes THE drug of the nation it's sad I remember years ago as well scooters bikes and such like out playing everyday on holidays causing havok and every night come to think of it .

[TOMO 26,005]

right, yesterday putting my lads go kart together i was buzzing thinking about getting my lad out in the street with all the kids for his first christmas in our new family home.

 

i thought there would be loads of kids out in the street on their new bikes, go karts, scooters or with their new remote controll cars and prams.

 

but not a single kid out

 

i took my lad out on his go kart round the streets and still didnt see a soul.

 

now this surprised me as 99% of the houses round here have at least 1 child, most have 2 or 3 even more.

 

when i was younger i was out at 8am tearing about on whatever i had got from santa and the streets were packed with kids showing off their new toys and parents pushing them around.

 

thats what made it for me.

 

i wonder why the streets were so empty?

 

my wife text the neighbours and all their kids were inside on their new computers, ipads, phones. even the really young toddlers had got them leapfrogs (childrens version of an ipad or similar)

 

my lad got all outdoor stuff, scooter, quad, go kart etc

 

now this is shocking, all the kids shut up inside their rooms getting bog eyed on their computers instead of being outside playing and enjoying christmas day.

 

really shocked me this and shows how much times have changed im the past 10 years or so.

 

6 year olds with ipads and xboxes!

 

made me more determined to bring my lad up loving the outdoors and a bit of fresh air!

 

And what was the first thing you did,,,, come on your computer and complain on here ,,,,oh the irony,,,, lol

 

I know what you mean though mate,, and your right, and I'm as bad as other parents ,,my daughter with a blackberry (copy), and my sone with a scalatix nd a train set.

 

Mind I got a new pair of aigle parcours.

[RossM 8,113]

I remember being out in all weather, even played football in the snow!!

[forest of dean redneck 11,531]

There was kids on our estate on stunt scooters,I got our 6 yr old a wii u for Xmas but our kids are not on them constantly.nor do they go on they everyday.

[B.P.R 2,798]

i remember being up at 6am and by 7am all the presents were open and i was changed and ready to get out with my new BMX. mum gave me a clip and said it was still pitch black and had to wait for it to get ligbt. so i sat on the couch waiting for the light.

 

remember another year was out from 8am til 5pm with our petrol remote cars and only stopped for a few mouthfulls of christmas dinner.

 

 

[B.P.R 2,798]

There was kids on our estate on stunt scooters,I got our 6 yr old a wii u for Xmas but our kids are not on them constantly.nor do they go on they everyday.

 

nothing wrong with the computers. my lad will have one, but there having a computer for a game every now and then with mates or whoever.....and theres playing it none stop.

 

i know lads whos kids wake up, play the computer before school. come home from school and play the computer til bedtime and even wake up in the night for a quick game. curtains shut locked up in their cave.

 

thats the extremes that some of the kids in todays society are allowed.

[Kay 3,709]

Kids spend to much time playing on one electronic game or other , but to be fair , would you want your kids playing on parks where theres used syringes & empty cider bottles knocking about , idiot drivers , full of drugs & drink... pedophiles just waiting for there next victim .. the worlds full of bad things ..

 

I guess for any parent with kids under the age of 15 you have dilemma's as to how much freedom you give them sadly a lot of parents dont do anything with there kids either, its easier to spend 5oo quid on some games console & dozons of games than go out with them & kick a ball about or go a bike ride

[J.DOG 1,355]

I hate Xbox ect lol hate it now play a game now and then but it's sh*t , I took the dogs out yesterday walked up into the next few villages expecting to see kids playing on bikes ect but not a soul , even my little sisters stayed in on iPods ect pretty bad really I'm up 6 am and out in the dark walking the mutts with a head torch I know lads that play Xbox when they get up play it till they have to leave then play when they get back feck I couldn't do that , hate being indoors

[scothunter 12,609]

best place for the wicked wee b*****ds.lol

[graham4877 1,181]

I hate Xbox ect lol hate it now play a game now and then but it's sh*t , I took the dogs out yesterday walked up into the next few villages expecting to see kids playing on bikes ect but not a soul , even my little sisters stayed in on iPods ect pretty bad really I'm up 6 am and out in the dark walking the mutts with a head torch I know lads that play Xbox when they get up play it till they have to leave then play when they get back feck I couldn't do that , hate being indoors

yeah mate get a PS3 way better than shitbox

[SNAP SHOT 194]

i remember being out in all weather, and summer holidays were spent building huts to camp out in, or fishing, the only time mum would really see

us was when our bellies where empty...hehe

 

This then lead to a love of everything outdoors, hunting, fishing, sailing, diving, mountainbiking, photography,

 

looking back we were lucky to have the beach 1 min walk away, and mountains and hills and forests 10 mins walk....

 

show a kid something that will spark their imagination as to how to build something and bingo, the buzz is there,

same as learning them to fish.. etc..

 

 

 

Snap.