I disagree with you guys and Gal...I think parents [and grandparents] have to be supportive with youngsters outside the home activities...It is importantant to them, and we should show that it is important to us..
It will build character and respect to commitments.
Today it is much easier for kids to be sidetracked into drugs etc.
Active kids do not have the time or desire to run amucked..
Support your kids and they will support their kids...A proven fact in my household..

Times have changed... I can't remember the last time I climbed a tree, let alone see someone else climb one..

Don't fault a mother that is caring for a child...we actually need more mothers[fathers] to do the same..