Re: Rules for kids at common dinners | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Berrins (Berrinsaol.com) | |
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:14:00 -0700 (MST) |
In a message dated 3/27/02 2:21:55 PM, tamgoddess [at] attbi.com writes: << No, and I have to say, I disagree with Joani about the meal time. Many of our youngsters like to play after dinner, and if it starts at 7, it's too late for those with early bedtimes. We have dinner at 6, and it's worked out well for us. This is a good illustration of the fact that every community is different-we have more children than the communities that Joani has lived in. >> Unfortunately (for me), it also works better at Pathways to have meals at 6 pm. We have a lot of children (over 30) and many of the parents get their children in bed right after supper. Some parents would even like it earlier, at 5:30. I say unfortunately for me, because 3 days a week I'm at my office until 7 pm, so I miss a lot of meals. We have talked about having meals at different times (eg, a few at 5:30 and a few at 7) but since we also stagger which days of the week we have meals on, it could get real confusing real quickly. As for behaviour, we don't allow the kids to run in the great room, but it's difficult to stop some of the running around in the halls, even though we discourage it. This is a problem because the little ones can get knocked down when they bigger ones get too rambunctious. Also, we have pretty heavy doors- we don't want kids getting hit by one or getting a hand stuck in one. It's better when they can run around outside. The same goes for noise- No yelling or loud voices in the great room, but it gets harder to control outside the great room. Roger Berman Pathways Northampton, MA _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
- Re: Rules for kids at common dinners, (continued)
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Re: Rules for kids at common dinners Maggi Rohde, March 27 2002
- Re: Rules for kids at common dinners Elizabeth Stevenson, March 27 2002
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RE: Rules for kids at common dinners Rob Sandelin, March 28 2002
- Re: Rules for kids at common dinners Sharon Villines, March 28 2002
- Re: Rules for kids at common dinners Berrins, March 27 2002
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Re: Rules for kids at common dinners Maggi Rohde, March 27 2002
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