Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: meals for kids

[eileen mccourt (emccourt]

At Oak Creek Commons, meals are free for children up to age 12.  Adult meals
are $4.50.  The community agreed to a price increase in adult meals and free
meals for kids so that families with children would not be priced out of the
meal plan.  We were not making ends meet with the quality of food we want
with $3.50 for adults and $1.75 for kids.  The new prices (for about the
last 9 mos) seem to work well for organic produce and mostly naturally meats
and chicken.

Our meetings are much too boring for most kids, but they can come if they
want to.

We have a participation expectation of 8 hrs a month per adult in a
household.  Kids can work to offset the family participation expectation by
family agreement.

Eileen McCourt
Oak Creek Commons
Paso Robles, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Ruth Hirsch [mailto:heidinys [at] earthlink.net] 
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 11:17 AM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_ youth inclusion in Community; meal payment; work

Dear All,

We have several youth/kid related questions on the table.
In my mind, the meta-question is: including kids in Community.
At a  Kids Committee meeting this morning,  a twelve year old asked  
why we are discussing these questions now.  We moved in over nine  
years ago!
These questions have been muddling around, and we're looking to  
perhaps come to better understanding of them.

There are several questions.  May become several threads.  First, and  
you'd think simplest:
Kids meal payments.
Our way has been: Adults $3, Kids: $1.50.   So, we have had parents  
pay $1.50 for kids of all ages.  Honest.  What do you do?  Would  
appreciate knowing.

Next:  Kids and contribution to Community.  Do your kids have  
responsibilities to Community?
What job/s?
At what age/s?
Do kids come to regular meetings?

I very much look forward to hearing.

thanks,

Ruth J. Hirsch
Cantines Island, Saugerties, NY











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