Children spend half as much time outside as the previous generation

[KateMumsnet]

Hello all

Interesting story in the news today - new research has found that today's children spend less than half the time playing outdoors than their parents did.

Children spend just under five hours a week playing outside – less than half the 11 hours a week of their parents' generation - meaning that outdoor activities like splashing in puddles, building sandcastles, and making mud pies or daisy chains are becoming less and less common.

What do you think? How much time do your DC spend outside - and did you have a different experience as a child? What are your children doing instead?

Maybe I will try that Tumble :o

He cast a shady eye over our yard today, covered as it was in over half a dozen balls and all manner of outside toy. I did have the children pick it all up eventually though. :)

I think parenting has changed to which accounts for some of the difference. We were made to go outside and I hated it the majority of times so now I never enforce outside play.

You've all forgotten soft play. We didn't have soft play growing up, so it was outside or nothing.