Project Wild Thing: childhood’s not what it used to be

According to a 2007 study released by UNICEF, children in the U.S. and UK are among the unhappiest in 21 industrialized countries. One British filmmaker thinks it’s because our kids no longer play outside.

When I was young, we’d head outside after breakfast, and I’d stay outside until dinnertime. Nowadays, we keep our kids close by, to keep them safe from all of the dangers we never worried about in the 70s. And technology helps keep them close by – internet, video games…

David Bond and Ashley Jones have a new project on Kickstarter – they are wrapping up a feature-film-length documentary that looks at how our kids’ lives have changed over the years, and how it might be affecting them. Have a look:

Find out more about their project at their Kickstarter page.

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