We went to two parties today, and at the first, a friend, Jenna, was trying to set-up a play date for Hayden.  A gal interrupted and said what ever happened to kids just knocking on their friend’s door and saying “let’s go play today!” I thought, yeah...why do our kids need scheduled play dates.  Is this the society we live in now?  Are we really that busy?

Growing up, I was lucky to live on a street where there were many other kids my age and we were able to play outside all the time after school without our parents scheduling “play time”.  If I saw a friend riding her bike around the block and I would just go out there and ride my bike with her.  Or if I didn’t see anyone outside, I’d go knock on someone’s door.  Or, if I didn’t want to do that, I could just shoot some hoops in my driveway and sooner or later someone would show up.  It was great.  We’d have block parties, Halloween parties, camping trips.  I hope Hayden is able to grow up on a similar street.