On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:13:47 -0300, lucretia
> wrote:

>On Sat, 01 Jul 2017 08:07:26 +1000, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:52:39 -0300, lucretia
> wrote:
>>
>>>Nope, absolutely not!! I am totally against that and feel kids lose
>>>by not playing outside. Last summer I had occasion to drop someone
>>>off in the area where we lived when the kids were school aged. I
>>>drove down past the house and could not figure why the place seemed so
>>>strange. Finally I realised, it was summer and back in our day there
>>>would have been kids in the lake, a bunch of bikes thrown up outside
>>>one or two houses, maybe a gaggle of kids in the street on their bikes
>>>with a couple of dogs following along. There was nothing but there
>>>had to be kids, big area for young couples and three excellent schools
>>>within walking distance. I realised then they were probably all
>>>inside on media or out at another house on an organised play date!!!
>>>
>>>I believe kids today lose by not being out - sure it was tough, one
>>>kid always seemed to be the victim for a day but it taught
>>>socialization and coping skills.
>>
>>I agree. On the other hand, I wouldn't have been bored as much as a
>>kid if I had had the internet. I'd also have been a lot better
>>informed about things that interested me.
>
>Nope I'm glad I didn't have it. Can't tell you the fun my brother and
>I had getting out collecting shrapnel and bomb pieces from the night
>before, also spying with our home made pericscopes on the American
>army officers in the requisitioned house next door - my brother was
>certain one was probably a spy lol

Internet wouldn't have stopped me from playing football in the street,
for instance.