Childhood pastimes are increasingly moving indoors - Yahoo! News

I have an idea. Rather than getting in the car and driving, walk or bike to the store! In fact, mention this to the store manager and tell him/her that you want a bike rack put in--I have been campaigning for one, but no one believes there is any demand.

Childhood pastimes are increasingly moving indoors - Yahoo! News: "The fundamental nature of American childhood has changed in a single generation. The unstructured outdoor childhood - days of pick-up baseball games, treehouses and 'be home for dinner' - has all but vanished.
Today, childhood is spent mostly indoors, watching television, playing video games and working the Internet. When children do go outside, it tends to be for scheduled events - soccer camp or a fishing derby - held under the watch of adults. In a typical week, 27% of kids ages 9 to 13 play organized baseball, but only 6% play on their own, a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
The shift to an indoor childhood has accelerated in the past decade, with huge declines in spontaneous outdoor activities such as bike riding, swimming and touch football"