We currently have over 10 kids on our block alone, not including our three. As the years have passed, we've developed a good vibe of free neighborhood play among the houses closest to us.

“Instead of having an organized baseball practice every night,” he told me, "on a Wednesday why don't you let the neighborhood kids get together to play a pickup basketball game? Play ...

Devon suggested playing kickball, a sport he enjoyed growing up with his friends. The couple invited kids from the neighborhood, dividing them into two teams, with Jack’s only job being to kick ...

It fosters free play and friendships and helps ... In August, I posted my plan on our neighborhood Facebook group. "Ideally, the kids would meet once a week on Sundays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m ...