There are fewer outdoor physical activities and games in which both boys and girls of different age groups can participate. In outdoor games even the youngest are allowed to tag along, and there is considerable tolerance for different abilities. Anyone may be hero or heroine for a while. Kalliala points out that hobbies are no substitute for play and games. A hobby supervised by an adult often means competition, more blatantly than before.
Children already lead very controlled lives in day-care.
Scheduled hobbies come under the heading of leisure time but a child needs totally free time on top of that. It should be time that is no more than time, just to be spent with oneself. The boundary between childhood and adulthood is becoming blurred. Now we think that children become independent at an early age. In the world of play and games, this is seen especially in how little girls stretch to reach adulthood.