One, two, three…. NOT IT! How many times have you started an exhausting game of tag with those words? In this week’s GenXGrownUp Backtrack we remember playing outside. Sometimes because we wanted to and sometimes because our parents banned us from the house! We talk about playing in the dirt, playing alone and other uses we found for “unstructured” time.   YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Merchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merch Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com Show Notes The death of Recess » thebestschools.org/magazine/death-of-recess/ Is playing in the dirt a good thing? » bit.ly/2NcM5r0 Army men on Amazon » amzn.to/2n0TZ8I Biking freedom » www.grcycling.com/stories/cycling-sense-freedom/ MLB Kids » mlb.mlb.com/mlb/kids/index.jsp Best basketball courts in NYC » cbsloc.al/2M1i5Kg Kickball leagues » www.kickball.com/kickball The basics of stickball » www.streetplay.com/stickball/introduction.shtml Skelzies (It’s real!) » itshotlinks.com/games/skelzie.php Tag the movie » www.tagthemovie.com/ Twists on hide and seek » www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/23/13 What is Manhunt? » www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=manhunt How to play kick the can » www.wikihow.com/Play-Kick-the-Can Why playing alone is good for kids » bit.ly/2HcpWHa Email the show » [email protected] Visit us on YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices