Parents trapping children indoors 'for fear of what the neighbours will say' Meanwhile the poll of 3,000 children and parents found that four out of 10 children wish they were allowed out more. Cath Prisk, director of Play England, part of the National Children's Bureau, said traditional childhood is being harmed by increasingly intolerant attitudes from adults. "It is up to all of us to turn around the creeping disappearance of children from our streets, parks and communities," she said. We all have role - as families, neighbours, and friends. We can all do something to say we love kids playing outdoors, that we want to live in communities that actively welcome kids playing out. "There always was and always will be some people who want to squash kids" fun - but there are far more that really want kids back outside playing, not stuck indoors, especially over the summer holidays."