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Kids do in my neighborhood, but they are older. Not a lot of people have young kids right now except for us. We don't have sidewalks, so anyone who rides their bike/scooter has to be in the road.
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We live in the city, and kids play in the street all the time. I actually put the onus more on cars in that situation, because so many people fly down roads where the speed limit is 25 mph. We live in a residential part, and signs like that help remind people thst kids live and play here
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Our kids play in the street of our neighborhood. The driveways are pretty steep and there aren't any sidewalks, so that's where they play. There are a lot of kids on the street so they all come out in the evenings and weekends and play together. The parents are always out with them, watching for cars. I'm sure it's annoying for people driving by, but most people in the neighborhood are families.
There is a playground at the back of the neighborhood, but it's really small. It's just so much more convenient to stay in front of our houses so the kids can get to their toys and we can bring them snacks/drinks and take them potty whenever they need it, instead of trekking all the way back to the house.
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I don't think it's weird at all. Common when I was growing up and common in our neighborhood right now (OC suburb).
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Kids play in the street in my neighborhood. When cars come they stop play to let the car pass. I find it annoying, but some games are better played on pavement than grass.
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I would think it's weird for kids that young to play on a busy street. I live on a cul de sac with only 5 houses and the older (9-10 year olds) play in our street. One day we'll probably get one of the "kids at play" signs and let DS ride his bike or scooter in the round part of the cul de sac. But there's only ours and one other driveway at that part of the street, so very very little traffic.
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I think it's unsafe. I would never feel comfortable with my children doing this. I have seen it done (very rarely in my area) but it makes me nervous.
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@Mae: ours do, but we are in a culdesak. If we weren't i would think it was weird too. Out neighborhood is huge and it would be unsafe to play in the road at the front of the neighborhood.
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I think it's weird and personally don't like it. A lot of times kids just dart out and scare the crap out of me. I would never let my kid play in the street in our neighborhood (even though it's relatively quiet).
In my old neighborhood, the family who lived across the street (we were in a cul de sac) put up a caution thing in the middle of the road whenever their kids were out playing. Super annoying IMO and reeks of entitlement. It's not your street!
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I'm really floored by how many people feel this is normal and fine. This definitely not something that happens here. I live in a relatively small town in Iowa and kids definitely don't play in the streets here. Even in quieter neighborhoods. And the majority of streets in our town are one way streets. I don't think I'd be comfortable with it. Streets are for cars, period. The cones sound bizarre to me, but I'm really interested in how routine this is for so many others.
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Mine don't, but they're too little. Older kids in our neighbourhood do. We're are in a very dense city with a large park at the end of the street. For ball hockey and bike riding it's what they do.
Growing up we did and so did all the families in the neighbourhood. Our neighbours had a basketball hoop at the end of their driveway and they played there every day. This was in the burbs ten hours from where I am now.
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