Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Inter-generational integration efforts (Becky M. Pulito)

[Diane Bassett (diane]

Becky:

There's an old book which I've found useful and which addresses some of the
children-policy issues.  It's called "Living Together in a World Falling
Apart" and I remember they had an entire chapter on this.  It's written by a
couple who travelled around with their child visiting a variety of
communities (all of which were religiously oriented but that doesn't negate
their excellent observations and reports).  They addressed issues like
expected behavior, whether  or not other adults were allowed to discipline
someone else's child, etc.

They also noted that many of the communities required the children (upon
turning 18) to leave the community for 2 years and that a very high
percentage of them chose to return to live in their (or another) community
after some period of time living outside an intentional community.  Very
interesting book.
Diane