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There really is no excuse. It is labor intensive, but a fence will solve any problems a parent who doesn't want to supervise her children may have. It's a great way to let littler ones have at it without mom hovering all the time. We just put one up and my 5 and 3 year old spend hours out there in the sandbox or in the pool or just running around!
It's just easier, I guess, to just plop down 30 bucks for a video game and put the kid in front of it. I wouldn't want my kids to miss out on catching fireflies or dreaming up what cloud formations look like that day or splashing heartily in a kiddie pool. My parents kept us in way too much and I hated it!
Putting up a fence did eat in our budget a some and it was HARD work, but it is so worth it for EVERYONE, especially the kiddos.

We pitched a tent for our kids over Memorial Day weekend and they slept out there for three nights. They had flashlights and ran around like Indians catching fireflys with two of their friends who spend the weekend. Oldest is 13, youngest 6, and friends 9 and 7.

They had a blast!