Adults tend to think of kids as "future citizens" — their ideas and opinions will matter someday, just not today. But kids make up a quarter of the population, so shouldn't they have a say in what the world they'll inherit will look like? Urban planner Mara Mintzer shares what happened when she and her team asked kids to help design a park in Boulder, Colorado — and how it revealed an important blind spot in how we construct the built environment. "If we aren't including children in our planning, who else aren't we including?" Mintzer asks.
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My dream is to be a city planner.
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The new Sims game looks great
Knight Slasher wait what
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*Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great*
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Hello everyone! Have a nice day!
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