This tech idea comes from my husband, Ryan, who is a excellent optimizer of all of life’s tasks, including his parenting pursuits. situation in point, I just got an email from him letting me understand he had been informed that a kid’s bike sized for our kid came up up for sale on Craig’s listing in our neighborhood. (He sets up these informs all the time. Years ago, I explained how, however I requirement to update that publish considering that innovation has improved.)
When we’re in a different town, checking out family, for example, Ryan utilizes the aerial views of places supplied by Google to choose outside play destinations.
I desire I might tell you that the pictures are in-depth sufficient to figure out if there’s a fenced-in young child playground or monkey bars at a specific park. Alas, it is a lot more practical to get a general sense of a location like the amount of greenery vs. blacktop.
Some concerns you may be able to response by checking out a Google Maps view of a new destination:
Does this destination look great for one of the parents to go running while the other watches over the playground, ie is it a big park with paths versus a corner playground.
Is there a auto parking lot? (There are extremely few auto parking great deals where we live.)
Where is there a baseball diamond near my parents house? (Important to our 8-year old son.)
Where must we tell our good friends to satisfy us? pick a landmark.
I have discovered that we have a absolutely different connection with lots of towns we traveled to before having kids.
Note to self: Hey, this park near my in-law’s home has a swimming pool! second note to self: phone call ahead to discover out if there’s water in the pool!
Have you found anything in your own parents’ community that you weren’t conscious of before ending up being a parent?
