Children playing on city streets becoming rarer
Urban neighbourhoods are seeing fewer children play outside as the sounds of street games fade.
The familiar sounds of children playing outdoors—shouts, scooter wheels on footpaths, and games in the street—have largely disappeared from many urban neighbourhoods. The shift reflects changing patterns in how young people spend their time and use public spaces.
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Do children play on the street anymore?
The shriek of kids playing outside, the call of "car!", the scrape of scooters on the footpath. For many urban neighbourhoods, those sounds have largely disappeared.