Why Raise Children in Cohousing?

A memo about raising children in cohousing by CoHousing Solutions President, Katie McCamant

Sitting on the back deck, summer evening, listening to the birds in the swale, kids in the pool, sunlight fading… It seems living in cohousing is pretty much a kid paradise.

“Our” kids at Nevada City Cohousing, like most American kids, go off to a variety of schools (local, public, charter, home school), but in cohousing, they enjoy a level of freedom and safety few Americans do today. We have about 35 kids, ranging in age from babies to the occasional returning college student. The kid culture is one of acceptance and inclusion of all ages. That didn’t just happen; that happened because we have a lot of very proactive parents who helped establish a healthy kid culture from the beginning.