Cohousing-L Mailing List: Teenagers and their connections

[Rob Sandelin (floriferous]

Hmmmm. I have observed that teens who are moved  into our community as
teenagers  have a much different connection than those who move into our
community as kids and then grow into teenagers. This week a meeting was
dominated by teenagers with things to say, and the desire to say them and do
things. All of  these kids have grown up here, and they seem to take a fair
amount of pride in how cool it is to their friends. I actually heard my
oldest, now 15, talking about HER community. It took me a few minutes to
figure out she was talking about Sharingwood. Of course when I mentioned it,
I got chastised for listening to her phone conversation, but she agreed that
her friends like coming here, it's a cool place to them.

Rob Sandelin
South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek
Sky Valley Environments  <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
Field skills training for student naturalists
Floriferous [at] msn.com


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