But yes also, like most kids of my era (born 1965) I was TOLD - not asked- to go outside and play- and had the freedom to ride my bike miles away from my house on my own to play back yard football and basketball with other kids and to be back home by suppertime. Plus again with multiple siblings, I was "schooled" in associating in social interactions every day. My sister said it best when she told me about a kid's party she had for her kids and their friends where she had only a very small amount of "structured" activities leaving a lot of time for "free play". Sadly many of the kids had no idea what to do with themselves as they had never had much if any time to just "go and be kids". That type of "play" with no adults "telling" them what to do is where kids learn to exercise their imaginations and entertain themselves without just sitting in front of a screen.