Alarming Decline of Quality Youth Playtime
I wrote a book advising parents how to give kids a life of independent neighborhood play.  Check out Playborhood - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;playborhood.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;playborhood.com</a><p>In a nutshell, I contend that this is a <i>social</i> problem of neighborhood culture, and parents should work to make their neighborhoods as fun and inviting as video games and the Internet.  Simply cutting off electronics and shoving them out the door won&#x27;t do it because there&#x27;s no one out there - neighborhoods are <i>very</i> boring.  Somehow, we need to create a culture of play, first with parents, and later without, in our neighborhoods.  The book Playborhood is all about that.