#532: How to Create a Neighborhood Where Kids Play Outside

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Listen as you drive through most neighborhoods in America these days and you might notice something missing: the shrieks and laughter of kids playing outside. When my guest today had kids, he decided he wasn't going to let them grow up in another quiet, morgue-like neighborhood. Instead, he was going to figure out why kids weren't playing outside anymore, and how to fix the problem. His name is Mike Lanza, and in his book Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place for Play, he shares how he did just that. At the start of our conversation, Mike explains how he became an advocate for kids playing outside by themselves with minimal adult supervision. He shares his theories on why outdoor play has decreased, and why simply limiting screen time and participation in organized extracurriculars doesn't solve the problem. Mike then explains why you need a critical mass of kids to be playing outside before outdoor play becomes a norm, and what parents can do to create this critical mass by changing the environment in their yard and the social dynamics in their neighborhood. Get the show notes at aom.is/playborhood.

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0:00.0	We're at McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.
0:10.9	Listen as you drive through most neighborhoods in America these days, you might notice
0:14.4	something missing.
0:15.7	The shrieks and laughter of kids playing outside.
0:18.2	When my guest stay had kids, he decided he wasn't going to let them grow up in another
0:21.1	quiet, more like neighborhood.
0:22.8	Instead, he was going to figure out why kids weren't playing outside anymore and how to
0:26.0	fix the problem.
0:27.0	His name is Mike Lanzza and in his book, Playbrohood, Turner near Buddha into a place
0:30.5	for play, he shares how he did just that.
0:33.1	At the start of our conversation, Mike explains how he became an advocate for kids playing outside
0:37.1	by themselves with minimal adult supervision.
0:39.6	He shares his theories and why outdoor plays decreased and why simply limiting screen time
0:43.6	in participation in organizing extracurriculars doesn't solve the problem.
0:47.3	Mike then explains why he need a critical mass of kids to be playing outside before outdoor
0:51.0	play becomes a norm and what parents can do to create this critical mass by changing
0:55.0	the environment in their yard and the social dynamics in their neighborhood.
0:58.2	After the show is over, check out our show notes at aam.is slash Playbrohood.
1:14.2	Mike Lanzza, welcome to the show.
1:16.2	Yeah, thank you.
1:17.5	So you are the author of the book, Playbrohood.
1:19.9	Turn your neighborhood into a place for play.
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