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Cynthia Gentry

13 & 14 Year Olds Enjoying a Playground?

Paris, France Today I saw something amazing in the backyard of Notre Dame: teenagers playing on a playground!

They took turns sitting on a roundabout and all worked together spinning. One by one someone would jump off and another would take his place. These kids today were cool AND they were having fun. A couple of weeks ago my 13-year-old step daughter said she wished there was some place cool to hangout besides the mall because it was getting boring. I almost wrecked the car. The mall boring?!? Maybe there's hope! How do we create places for these tweens and young teens that fill their needs and lifestyle AND benefit them more then the mall does?

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Kids on roundabout

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Thanks so much to TSW for understanding the importance of play and contributing to improving the quality of play in Atlanta!

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BETHUNE Elementary School This month, our Playground of the Month is one that has not been built yet. Students, parents, staff, and volunteers are busy at work preparing for an awesome playground to be built in the Fall of 2009. Congratulations to the students for their great playground designs! We'll keep watching your progress. To help on the Bethune project, contact us at Cynthia (at) PlayAtlanta dot org.



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