Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Trampolines

[Tom Smyth (tom]

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> IMHO, if those of us want who live in intergeneration communities, want to
> keep and attract families with kids, we need to be willing to make
> reasonable accommodation for kids play.... fort building, bike jumps and
> trampolines are the kinds of play many remember as favorite childhood
> memories....but the insurance companies and attorneys would likely tell us
> to forbid such things. Let's not let the fear of liabilities ruin kids
> play.  Life is full of risks, and one of them is the risks of growing up
> being better at video game play than creating your own play in the great
> outdoors.


This is very well said. Thank you Katie.

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Tom Smyth

Worker-Owner, Sassafras Tech Collective
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