[athenot]

The free-roaming birds in my yard (red tail hawks) are bad for rabbits and small dogs... :)

For me, the real reason for a yard is for my children to run around in it, to explore and play on their own without the need for planned activities or helicopter parenting.

It used to be permissible to let kids play in public parcs on their own but nowadays, that's a great way of becoming the person who writes "Home is where the bars are".