Why Kids Don't Go Outside Anymore

Children need more independent mobility. Modern suburbia is car-dependent, and kids/teenagers cannot get around without their parents driving them. This has serious consequences on their physical and mental health and well-being.

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➜ References & Further Reading:
Children don't walk to school anymore:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S074…

Lack of Independence hinders children's development:
www.researchgate.net/publication/368794518_Decline…

Teenage drivers:
www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers#by-the-numbers

Kids drawing their path to school:
www.academia.edu/24048982

How did good parenting become a crime?
macleans.ca/society/how-did-good-parenting-become-…

Youth excluded from public spaces:
phys.org/news/2020-07-explores-youth-excluded-spac…

➜ Timestamps:
0:00 Kids don't go outside anymore
0:32 Cars are deadly
2:07 Going to school
3:16 Impact on health and well-being
4:18 Stranger danger
5:41 Lack of public space
6:43 It doesn't have to be this way
8:53 We have power to fix our cities

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