Why don't kids walk home from school these days?

[Kiva]

there is actually some really interesting research being done by a lady at Stanford (forget the name) about how kids are less resourceful, have worse problem-solving skills, social relations, etc. then they used to. She attributes it to the fact that adults put kids in bubbles and that nearly all their interactions are adult driven.

One of her solutions: get a few of your friends together that have kids and make a weekly 'park' date. All the kids play and adults only intervene if somebody is bleeding. Everything else, the kids have to figure it out.

kiva