DCK's Playing In The Front Yard?

[wdmmom]

We play out front every now and again but we're out back more often. I live far enough off the street and on a cul-de-sac so there is minimal traffic and I won't take the entire group out front. I'll do it when there's only a couple kids left. We'll play basketball, catch or we'll blow bubbles.

[quietpoet2004]

I do allow the kids outside in the front yard... matter of fact that's where our biggest share of outside time is spent.

My dcks are 2 1/2, 20 mos, 18 mos and 10 mos.

Now..... I live at the end of a dead end street... with a LONG driveway. We're not close to the street at all. The kids known their boundaries and don't press them whatsoever.... However, now that the 10 mo old is starting to crawl, they will soon be learning the boundaries as well.

[DaisyMamma]

My playground is in my front yard and we are only now fencing it in. I'm so sick of chasing the little ones. It makes me not want to go outside
We live in the country on a back road though.

[familyschoolcare]

We play in the front yard.

However, I have a very small back patio, and common area back courtyard. We used to play in the back courtyard area untill a building mate started to

complain about the noise. So now we use the front yard. I did train the children to stay in the area, for the first several weeks I would give warnings

about to far a "threaten" to give a timeout, never had to give a timeout the children all came back and now I do not even have to remind them about

where to stay. We also use the "little" park, playstructure inside of a local HO complex 3 blocks away. We walk as a group I allow the children to go ahead

of me and wait at the next corner. Again this took some training. Also I do not think I would feel comfortable doing this if I had younger DCk I specialize

in school age and my youngest just turned 5.