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       Our early work revealed a number of themes that are important to children about where they live. These include for example personal concerns such as health, family, and friends and the perception of safety or danger posed by people,roads, or vandalism. It was striking to the adults how important the quality of their local environment was to the children.

                Most of the children already moved around the community more independently of their parents and wider families. They had detailed knowledge of their local community and could operate safely and successfully in it. Their knowledge of their community however, and how they used it were very different from that of adults. (e.g their knowledge  of the recreation areas, who used them, and how safe they were).  This knowledge  was gained through exploration and paly, exchanges with peers and families through stories, and by renewed contact with each other, with older children, with adults, and with the community.