Wales School Extra School Hr

[fender62]

watching the report, the children said oterhwise there is nothing else to do, one girl said otherwise id be on m iphone or pad? don't children play outdoors anymore, this is more like a creche for older children and costly, more importantly don't children play and visit friends houses or go to parks, climb tree's make go-karts play rounders anymore.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61257696

[New Judge]

//...watching the report, the children said oterhwise there is nothing else to do,//

And that's a big worry. When I was at school I could not imagine having nothing to do apart from going to school. Quite the opposite, in fact, we often had difficulty fitting everything in.

It seems that children don't do any of the things you mention, fender. That is why many of them end up with "mental health problems" - often caused by boredom.

[Redhelen72]

I think there is a fear or letting the children play out as we did, we would go out in the morning after the chores were finished and would only come back when daddy did his come home NOW whistle!
I think now that parents would end up in an early grave if their kids did some of the stuff we did!

[fender62]

mark drakeford will think its a great idea as he loves to waste tax payers money, specially on long term career unemployed, whole familes generations or them, he reminds me of the peter sellers film
Heavens Above! and the welsh voted him back in, makes you wonder.

[fender62]

Redhelen72, it's not healthy to keep them locked up housebound, i imagine one would become fearful insular anti social out of fear, as a side tv adverts germs everywhere predators etc, i don't think today is any different to my day, except we now have multimedia espousing rubbish and parents falling for it, children need to socialise and not just in school, i used to paly in and and around rivers lakes, climb trees, build forts... play in mud.. what larks.
discovering the world around you, sure we fell over had bruises cuts
came home filthy..but we had bloody good fun, no internet no game consoles, blind mans bluff, chalking collecting cigarette cards swapping, fishing swimming...never enough time in a day, it's sad for todays children.