Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: Playgrounds

[Harry Pasternak (Harry_Pasternak]

Jerry

Here's the point, child of all ages need the opportunity to play with other
kids at a variety of times, all during the day (not just when parents take
them somewhere.). 

If children have a variety of options, the playground generally is the least
likely place for children to hang out with others kids and "chase other kids
around" or whatever. That's why I asked you where the other kids were playing
in your neighborhood, while you were at the playground. In the study that I
previously discussed, the kids were mainly hanging out at the neighborhood
variety store rather than the playgrounds.

This where a "mindfull" design comes in-with the necessary elements which
produce an environment for children of all ages to come out of the home to
play in and around the homes.

By the way if you wish to study a neighborhood with a video camera, the timed
intervals would be 10 to 30 seconds---not 10 minutes. 

Has anyone in this conference evaluated play or any other social activity in
their cohousing or other kind of neighborhoods as yet? There must be some
lurkers out there who have.

Harry Pasternak

- sent via an evaluation copy of BulkRate (unregistered).