Cohousing-L Mailing List: Yelling and running, was Re: [C-L]_Noise in Common House

[Mabel Liang (mabel]

In our group, we have a number of parents who think it is impractical to
expect that young children (say, toddlers) will not yell and run.  I am
personally baffled by the reasoning, but I think the general idea is that
you can't expect children that young to understand or follow these rules.
And the parents are unwilling to stop this behavior.  So we have no such
rules.

One of the worst areas is our open stairwell.  Running up and down the
stairs and through the hallways playing tag seems to be a favorite activity
at times.

I'd be curious to hear about the experiences in other cohousing communities
with this issue.  As a non-parent, my opinion on the issue doesn't seem to
carry much weight.

(My husband and I were the only non-parents on the Kids Committee.  At some
point the parents felt that the committee dealt too much with complaints
about issues related to kids, and this wasn't what they wanted to do in a
committee.  So the committee fell apart.)

                                                                        -- 
Mabel :-)

Mabel Liang
Cornerstone VIllage Cohousing
North Cambridge, MA

At 01:18 PM 10/3/03 -0400, Sharon Villines wrote:

<snip>

>Even with thousands of dollars what helps best is the expectation that
>people do not yell or run in the commonhouse. Running seems to bring on
>yelling. Adults also need to be reminded of this since adults playing with
>children seem to think running is a cool thing to do.
>

<snip>

Mabel Liang
mabel [at] twomeeps.com
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