[b][i]Traditional Children's Play Games Have Disappeared, and Now The Play Is For Real!

The table is set for dinner and the aroma of homemade tortillas fills the house. Outside, mama is pushing Juanito on a swing for a few last minutes of outdoor fun before papa gets home from work. On the street, the sounds of children playing escondidas (hide-n-seek) and bebe leche (hopscotch), can be heard throughout the neighborhood. This scenario has now become a thing of the past and remains only a memory for those of us over 30.

Many of the games we as children used to play are not played much anymore. Those games have now died out; they lie dormant in our minds because we lack the time and will to teach them to our children. The games we played when we were kids made us happy, active children, and they reflected the neighborhood culture from which we came.

Struggling to keep their heads above water, many Chicano & Black households have out of necessity “two working parents,â€

.All I member playin with is wiith the little green Plastic soldiers..