[stephenbez]

There are plenty of things I did outside when growing up that kids could still do: invent sports (we had one involving a hockey net and a koosh ball), bike around the neighborhood, have a water fight, go to the pool, play capture the flag, ghost in the graveyard, jump on a trampoline, go to the ride scooters, play basketball, play with sidewalk chalk, etc

[retype]

All of This! And shout outs to the Ghost in the Graveyard! We also had "Survival Masters." A whole neighborhood (or multiple adjacent, if you can organize that many youths) affair with everyone in two teams, a single safe area, but it is still, at its core, "Tag After Dark." Strats, tactics and patterns emerged, soft skills, team building, athleticism, they were all on show here. As was the neighbor 's tolerances for youth running through and hiding in their properties.