[Summit] Room to grow

[Emlyn Addison]

Agreed. Neighborhoods change and maybe some attitudes could stand to change
along with them.

On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Paul G Smith <paul.slvrwngs at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It seems to me that this is just precisely the sort of discussion that the
> Summit Neighborhood Association Board could handle, and perhaps come up
> with a solution that is acceptable to all parties (or at least the
> majority). Such consultation is better, in my opinion, than a free-for-all
> with the possibility of hurtful side-taking. This is actually a very small
> park, with limited capacity. A few rules could make it a better experience
> for all. The recent establishment of a garden plot within its boundaries by
> the SNA (with city help) will be a very positive development, including
> especially for the young ones who may learn from it.
>
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> *From:* Summit [mailto:summit-bounces at sna.providence.ri.us] *On Behalf Of
> *Emlyn Addison
> *Sent:* Saturday, April 01, 2017 5:09 PM
> *To:* summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> *Subject:* Re: [Summit] Room to grow
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>
> I think few here have disagreed that there are too many toys and, as
> others have said several times, anything dangerous should be removed (yes,
> even by parents). But these words "dumped" and "discarded" I think are
> off-target. The little kids LOVE these play things; hasn't this been
> communicated?
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> Truthfully, I can't imagine a scenario where 11-year-olds are walloping
> soccer balls with 2-year-olds running around; or is a case being made that
> toddlers should stay in the sand box? That would hardly seem fair. Maybe
> the park was named--and the name stuck--because it found a niche among
> parents of young children.
>
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>
> Any parent can attest that the Lippett playground area can often get crazy
> with bigger kids (read: 6 and up) and so this little park serves the other
> community. Maybe this practical consideration is being lost here, but the
> Tot Lot is a good place to let toddlers roam without us all turning into
> helicopter parents. For my part, this fenced-in lot I remember being the
> go-to place for letting my daughter run around and explore by herself,
> where she wasn't going to get clocked by a ball or a cyclist.
>
>
>
> But hey, it's a neighborhood and if the neighborhood doesn't like this
> function of the park then they're free to make a case against it. My sense
> is that there'll be some vocal pushback by those parents, for the reasons
> above.
>
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> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 2:50 PM, mdubose1 mdubose1 <mdubose1 at cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> I don’t want to reignite the “Tot Lot” debate that occurred when a parent
> acting sua sponte decided to “name” the park a few years ago.  My point is
> simply that the park was never the exclusive domain of 4 year olds. Our
> boys now 13 and 16 used the park with other neighborhood kids from 0 to
> about 11 and it wasn’t until the space was reduced by discarded structures
> that fewer and fewer elementary school aged kids were using it. I have no
> doubt that all of the Petit Princes and Princesses will not feel any less
> so without their plastic castles. *Rolleth the Royal Ball, they will
> kick.*
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