There's no question there are more tots on the ground today than there were
10 years ago, when my son was 4. I was no parental expert when the venerable
Ross was rearing up his Mennonling along the old stone wall in the North
Park. But it seemed to my eye children were few and far between in my part
of the 'hood in 87 and in '77. And census data I studied for 1990 and 2000
suggested University City was below the national average in the proportion
of children to its population.
We don't have detailed census estimates for 2007. But I can report one
thing: Last year, Friends of Clark Park introduced a new Extra-Small t-shirt
size (2-4). There had never been a demand for this size in the previous 30
years. They were an experiment. They're flying, though! The Membership
Committee can't keep them in stock.
-- Tony West
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From: "Hilary Bonta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
That's funny, Ross, because a friend of mine was just telling me the
complete opposite.
She's raising her kid here as well. She babysat for me about a month ago
and after taking my son to the tot lot was just amazed by the difference
between now and 10 years ago. She spoke at length about the great
community of other families and caregivers here now. When her son was
little, she felt isolated and lonely as a stay-at-home Mom. She hated
taking her son to the turtle lot, where he eventually fell on the stone
wall and had to get stitches, because she was alone for long stretches and
there weren't many kids around for him to play with.
She said she might have had more kids if she were raising them in the
current community.
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