Despite criticism of suburban sprawl kids have fun in their back yards
Reasons to disagree: Kids can have more unsupervised play in back yards than a city park. Reasons to disagree: The fact that kids have fun in their back yards does not negate the criticisms of suburban sprawl. The question is if back yards have features that can not be obtained in a city park. Sure kids can have more unsupervised time in a back yard, but they get to meet more people at a suburban park. Everything has trade offs, and you can raise good kids in most environment. Images that agree : Videos that agree :