Kids will always be kids

We’ve all heard stories about our parents and grandparents allowing their children to play on the street until late at night. However times have since changed, roads have become busier and communities now have a different feel. Although the first Wednesday in August marks the annual national Playday, where kids across the UK are encouraged to play children’s outdoor games on their streets, recent statistics show that controversy has sparked between parents, children and their neighbours, but who is correct?
Playing outside is one of the greatest learning experiences for any child, although some parents fear leaving their child unsupervised will lead to them being judged by their neighbours. There are thousands of online forums around the subject and we all hear stories about kids causing nuisance, but the major problem is everybody blames each other.
It could be due to a lack of areas that children can play safely or  the family garden has become  too small for kids to play in. We’ve seen parents coming together and taking action by closing streets at weekends (particularly streets with traditional terraced housing) in order for their children to play games safely. Not only does this allow  the children to mix, it also helps parents to integrate with their neighbours helping to bring  that community spirit back.
As a child I use to play across the whole of my village, we obviously had our favourite places to “hang” out and cause mischief. There was one street where we me and my friends would congregate due to one of our friends living there. I can guarantee that this must have annoyed some of the neighbours, but nothing was ever said. Things changed as a teen, we had our favourite areas to go and sit but never caused any nuisance to others.  
People blame it on the lack of areas for young people to go, but would this solve the problem or worsen things? Giving kids/teens an area to hang could solve a number of problems but there will still people who don’t want this in their back yard. The problem is you can’t please everybody.  
Kids will be kids, why can’t we just leave them to it?