conkers - playground games

[stbjohn2]

> 
Sarah wrote; 
> Do you play hopscotch in the US?  What about french skipping?
> 
> Sarah xx

Sandy:
I taught my son hopscotch and we played some when he was younger 
(he's 8 now, and we haven't played in several months), but I don't 
think I've seen anyone else in the neighborhood playing it. (I think 
of it as a girls game, and we have lots of little girls here, but 
I've never seen them play. 
Don't have a clue what french skipping is.
[And now my personal rant. We live in an area with nice weather most 
of the year, and we all have good sized yards, yet U.S. kids are 
rarely outside playing; unless it's in organized sports. My son and a 
few of his friends are big on digging in the dirt and hunting for 
frogs-- boy-type activities -- but they are often the only kids out 
playing. A clue why the average U.S. kid is overweight, no doubt.]