9-1-06: Today’s Wall St Journal has an article about the ways developers are wooing families to their properties, and the ideas may have merit everywhere.
Developers tout fancy gyms, pools just for children, water parks, fake “fossil digs”, couture designer romper rooms, playgrounds with slides and climbing equipment, “kids-only” activity rooms, child-sized “Wild West” sets with saloons and teepees, squirt-gun shootout areas, plastic monkey bars, tunnel labyrinths, and on-call “nanny” staff.
Please note that POLO CLUB offers a kiddie pool, playground with slides, "kids-only" activity room, monkey bars, climbing gyms, playhouses, and counselors with scheduled programs for a few hours a day. There is also a "teens room" with air soccer, tv, and other equipment specially for teen agers, where they can meet and play games or watch tv.
According to Packaged Facts, a New York-based consumer-research company, it costs a middle-income family $191,000 to raise a child to age 18.
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