What Is A Kid Friendly Neighborhood

When I was younger the neighborhood that I lived in was filled with new families and there were children running about the streets every day, and you could always hear the sounds of hockey sticks in the street and trampolines across the yards, jump rope, or laughter. The only quiet times were during the school hours and at night, after the street lamps had gone on and all the children had retreated into their respective homes. My neighborhood was a Kid Friendly neighborhood. Stereotypically, it was a middle class white neighborhood. The houses all had at least two car garages, and the landscaping was always top priority, the kids had nice clothes and the adults had good jobs. We were secluded though, separated from society by cornfields and …show more content…
There were individual beliefs and traditions within them per family, but overall there was a main culture. I grew up in the church, going to mass every Sunday, attending Sunday School and going through all my sacraments and praising the lord. Learning that it was his way or the highway. My family’s faith was strong, but not overpowering. There was still wiggle room for exploration of religions and beliefs, eventually I broke out of my family’s shell. My neighbors all seemed to be the same way, many of them attending my church or our sister churches within the …show more content…
When I was in seventh grade my school district started accepting students from a nearby Children’s Home, where most of the students are coming from troubled backgrounds and had a reputation, that was upheld within the school once they joined. Not all of the students were bad though, but they were different. A lot of them coming from backgrounds that I had never been exposed to because it just simply wasn’t part of the culture that I grew up within. It was enlightening to hear their stories and struggles and compare them to my petty ones. I often related my relationships with these students to my freshman year roommate, who had grown up on the complete opposite side of the culture spectrum from