Cohousing-L Mailing List: Cohousing kids

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

As part of another thread it was asked, what is the future for cohousing
kids. Well, of course, who knows? I do have an intersting story however.
(Imagine that!)

When Sam moved in next door to us he was the classic  shy little boy, hardly
able to talk with anybody but his mom. After about two months  of living
here with a bunch of very active, verbal kids, he slowly became more and
more self confident and verbal,Until he became as swash buckling self
confident as any good pirate, but later developed a bit of a stutter. Of
course this was not a problem for any of the other kids around him. Later he
moved out of our Community and he and his family went to live in
Pennyslavania. I guess  he was teased in school about  his stuttered, but
when his mother asked him how he felt, he said something like: It's OK mom,
I like how I am"

(Sam's family is heavily involved in Hundred Fold Farm, near Gettysburg, who
have gotten approvals and signed a land contract)

Rob Sandelin
Sharingwood, where the kids run in packs all summer and there are so many
bikes on the road that its causing traffic jams.