Banty wrote:
In article , Jeff
says...


"Mandy Anderson" wrote in message
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I'm furious with my neighbors who seem to think the streets in our
subdivision are for playing. Several women who have nothing better
to do
petitioned the county to put speed bumps in to slow cars down, yet
the
speed limit of 25 mph is still fast enough to kill or injure a
child.




We
teach them that the road is for cars and the yard where cars can't
go is
for playing.


On quiet residential streets, I see know reason why kids should not
play
games on the street that they cannot play in their yard, like street
hockey.
And I see no problem with kids taking a game of tag or whatever to
the
street so they can go from one yard to another, as long as they
stop when
cars come.

Street hockey, stickball, there are any number of kids' games which
necessarily
happen in a street. And were developed on some of the busiest urban
streets.

Banty

Semi-hijacking the thread:

I'm wrestling with this issue (minus the speed-bump issue) in my
cul-de-sac lately. It's pretty typical for kids to play in the street
(four-square type of ball games, skateboard tricks, once a huge frisbee
game with almost every kid on the block, etc.) So far, I've told ds
(age 3.75) that he's not allowed to play in the street - that's for big
kids. But, I think soon I'll need to start letting him do it. He
knows to watch for cars, and he's as tall as many 5 year-olds (as far
as visibility is concerned).

It's a pretty quiet street, since it's a cul-de-sac in a residential
subdivision, and people expect to see kids playing.

So, at what age do you let a kid join in these games in the street? Or
even retrieve an errant ball that goes across the street? (I prefer
ball games in the front yard, since errant balls in the back yard go
into the marsh...)

Irene