walking on the street, going to their friend's house is dangerous. But heck, I mean, I guess if you

don't want kids to have any danger, they should stay in bed all day. I do think a lot of them are

saying things like go outside and play, but then their kids go out for five minutes and they

come back in and say, I'm bored. It's because their neighborhoods are boring. I spent two years

looking. I couldn't find any neighborhood where kids were outside having fun. We made a very conscious decision.

We were going to invest all of our money and all our time

into making our yard into the most fun place we could.

I'm going to... I have a question for you.

I have a question for you. And when you answer, you should really write it out on a note on your phone or piece of paper and then tag me on Instagram so I can see. What are 10 of the best

moments of your childhood before high school? What do they all have in common? Were they scheduled

play or unscheduled? Were there adults around? Indoors or outdoors? If you've ever caught yourself saying, I just want my kid to have the kind of childhood I had,

then this episode's for you.

Mike Lanza is a dad who looked around one day and realized something heartbreaking.

Kids don't roam neighborhoods anymore.

No one's riding bikes until the streetlights come on.

No one's knocking on doors to see if so-and-so can come out and play.

Childhood, the way we remember it, is quietly disappearing.

And he said, yeah, not on my watch.

So Mike and his wife did something really radical.

They turned their home into a full-blown kid magnet.

I'm talking bikes, chalk, climbing walls, water features, the works. No screens,

no schedules, just real messy magical play. And guess what? The neighborhood kids came. They stayed

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