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'Til the Streetlights Came On; Lessons Learned from Neighborhood Games - Daniel J. Porter
'Til the Streetlights Came On; Lessons Learned from Neighborhood Games
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Few issues can cross the expanse of gender, faith, racial, political, age or socio-economic divides as easily and effortlessly as the shared memories of neighborhood games. We were the generation who grew up playing in the streets, through the alleyways and on the driveways that surrounded our... show more
Few issues can cross the expanse of gender, faith, racial, political, age or socio-economic divides as easily and effortlessly as the shared memories of neighborhood games. We were the generation who grew up playing in the streets, through the alleyways and on the driveways that surrounded our homes. We played any game that was in season, and took any chance within reason to do so. Parked cars? We played around them. Moving cars? We briefly stepped out of their way. Universally accessible memories, anecdotes and legends will have the readership reveling in the simple and yet profound meaning of unsupervised, unstructured play. The hours impacted us more than we know, and this book will help reconnect you to the meaning of those cherished memories, while inspiring you to bring them alive in your life today.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781938296161 (1938296168)
Publisher: Langdon Street Press
Pages no: 212
Edition language: English
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Life for kids today is much different than it was only a few generations ago. Rather than sitting inside playing video games, kids were outside from dusk to dawn playing stick-ball, four-square, football, kick-the-can, and any other games they could think up. Today’s generation of kids are plagued w...
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