All these posts bring back happy memories of the immediate post-war years.
I (though not a parent) can understand today's parents trying to minimise risk to their kids, but it seems to me most of these games would be outlawed today on health and safety grounds while an element of risk and experiencing consequences is good for personal development.
Building fires, climbing trees, making slides in the ice, using a pen-knife, playing biosterous games with no safety equipment...and all with no risk assessment, made me the person I am today (ah, perhaps, modern parents DO have a poiint!)
RtS ( I probably banged my head too many times as a child!)