guest blog by Nila Ridings
This story took me back to my childhood.
I spent hours in my little play house with my friends. We took our dolls, coloring books, Play-Doh, and molding clay in there and completely lost track of time. Every now and then my Mom would peek in the kid-sized door opening and deliver some lemonade or cherry Kool-Aid. It was located under a big tree so even on the hottest days of summer there was a cool breeze coming through the windows.
It makes me sad that with the introduction of Homeowners Associations little girls and boys cannot have play houses and tree houses. Nope. Kiss that idea good-bye. In many HOAs you can’t even have a basketball hoop. And not long ago we learned about the ban on anything with wheels for kids to enjoy.
And then we complain that kids are bored, spend all their time on video games, electronic devices, and their cell phones. Not to mention the incessant discussions in the media and politics about childhood obesity.
HOAs have not only robbed the enjoyment out of adult life and homeownership, we’ve robbed the kids, too!
