A Boston suburb might charge preschools and daycares $3,000 to $5,000 a year for permits to use city parks, Aaron Renn noted Friday. A local CBS affiliate explains:
In a commission meeting from 2023, Parks and Recreation claims to have received numerous complaints from residents about overuse of the space, and that the extra usage was leading to more wear and tear costs for the city. Connelly says the fees will only apply to schools that use the park space regularly, not for occasional use.
I’m not sure charging preschools is the best way to handle this, but it seems reasonable to require people who impose dramatically more wear and tear on public places to make up for that in some way. It’s yet another reminder that socially engineering mothers to abandon their children degrades society.
When I take my kids to public family places, we leave if a preschool or school group comes in. It’s because when poorly supervised masses of children use public places, they do so differently than small, family-based groups.
Preschools and daycares bring the children of something like 30-50 families into a venue at one time. In bigger cities, it’s more. That level of occupation almost never happens when parents take their kids to venues.
It oversaturates play areas, exhibits, personnel, walking areas, and equipment. It dramatically increases the noise and occupancy, which increases overstimulation. Little kids and people with sensitive personalities (or those who are tired, like most moms are)
