tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post3462373024132692563..comments2024-01-01T08:07:16.443+00:00Comments on Dreaming aloud: A Community ... for KidsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-18024648592665111882011-11-17T18:08:55.574+00:002011-11-17T18:08:55.574+00:00Ah, Rose, we are lucky that our house is in a smal...Ah, Rose, we are lucky that our house is in a smallish village and is very "middle class" no rough hoodies here - it is a good middle ground... though my choice would still be the secluded few acres if I had my magic wand.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664045557725853106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-12299799492254548682011-11-15T14:22:56.134+00:002011-11-15T14:22:56.134+00:00Glad you feel that way about your estate. I think...Glad you feel that way about your estate. I think it very much depends on what kind fo estate you're on. The last we lived on was lovely though our place was a maisonette with no garden up two flights of stairs, along babies one and two so we moved very rushedly (is that even a word?) into a house with an enormous garden and some open plan living council style (i.e bodge job) Thats the last time I make decisions when I still have birthing hormones rushing round my being! Anyway, the estate isn't all that it turns out, whislt our neighbours are fine the families with kids really aren't the type I want my kkids mixing with - the young kids swear and intimidate even passing adults. Sounds like you have a good middleground and secretly I long for that same countryside place you described in the first instance!<br />Much love XRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763857031636484404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935975561680117519.post-85791774906220114702011-11-15T11:47:18.213+00:002011-11-15T11:47:18.213+00:00it is so important for kids to get to play out. Ev...it is so important for kids to get to play out. Even in such safe communities parents rarely let their kids out to play. Yet, think back to your childhood, what are your childhood memories where you learnt about yourself, your world? Was that indoors carefully doing parent led activities or are your best memories of outdoor freedom, without limitations bar imagination and physics and tea time of course! It is brilliant that your kids can have this freedom and it is something to be encouraged :-) xLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646760896578776857noreply@blogger.com