PARENTS THINK THEIR KIDS GET BORED PLAYING OUTSIDE

A survey from Claritin of 2,000 parents with children between five- and 13-years-old explored the topic of kids playing outdoors. Some of the findings:
– 75% of parents surveyed believe their family doesn’t spend enough time outside. Also, when their kids do go outside, 50 percent of parents report their kids find the outdoors boring.
– About half of moms and dads (48%) believe their child could entertain themselves in the outdoors for only a half-hour before getting bored.
– Half of parents worry their kids don’t have the same level of imagination that they themselves did during their own youth and blame modern technology.
– Three in four parents said it was much easier to make friends in their day – just by going outside and playing in their neighborhoods.
* Fenced-in yards, lyme disease, Amber alerts, COVID, forest fires… what’s not to love about the outdoors?
* What kids need to lure them outside are more outdoor clowns.
* Ha – nobody mentioned the problem of allergies when going outdoors. Sorry, Claritin.
* They tried to get KIDS’ opinions of whether playing outdoors was boring, but they found the survey too boring.
* There was that tiny window when Pokemon Go made it fun to go outside. (Sigh) Those were the days.