I was listening to Jordan Peterson talk and he pointed out that we want to make our kids strong so they can overcome adversities - not to over protect them so they never learn how to rise up to challenges.
We had a wonderful community out in the forest here where the kids were out playing in the bush all day. They would be making forts, go bike riding or even go fishing. We had a lake in our community where we all gathered for a late afternoon swim when the work was done. Ontop of this we had a kids club where we did lots with the kids for many of them were home schooled. It was a wonderful place to raise kids. Myself we had a neighbor hood of kids and we would be outside playing together all day too. Now a days folks hardly know there neighbors.