Kids below a certain age can't do this stuff on their own anymore in a lot of places. Your neighbors will call child protective services on you.
This leads to kids being raised indoors, or only in enrolled events, because parents can't spend all of their time outdoors with the kid.
Then when the kid is old enough to be outdoors on their own without supervision they don't want to be because they have been raised indoors.
I'd check your local laws around this. I know people in my city have been investigated for Child Neglect for letting their 7 year old walk to the mailbox alone.
Yes, that's how insane we've become about kids.
Check your local laws, because having child protective services called on you is not a good time.
Europe tends to be on the better side of the things because the cities are not gargantuous. Amerikan suburbs thanks to the early driving age probably situated fine too but I hear that helicopter parenting is widespread in the USA, so maybe they have the opportunity but don't use it?
I’m not saying you’re wrong. Just bad weather can be an opportunity for children too. What about doing art? Lego ? Even cooking something fun?
Recently my friends kids were going mad because they wanted to jump on the trampoline but she wouldn’t let them because it was raining. I really couldn’t see the logic behind it. I’d just let them go for it.
If they’ve been outside doing stuff all day I can’t see how they’d need more stimulus, maybe a bit of TV / relaxation is good for them ?
The comments seemed framed as if it was TV or games, that’s all.
