Something I’d note is that the separation of “children” and “adults” is a pathology of current society. We sort of need it for a number of reasons, but one of those is that we routinely exploit adults, and a while back, the western world decided not to do that for children. This has caused a social disconnect between the hobbies of children and the hobbies of adults, but even in recent modernity, there was no such divide. I think it’s good to think of third places overall, rather than being “for” specific audiences. Everyone is part of society, so third places are for everyone.
Something I’d note is that the separation of “children” and “adults” is a pathology of current society. We sort of need it for a number of reasons, but one of those is that we routinely exploit adults, and a while back, the western world decided not to do that for children. This has caused a social disconnect between the hobbies of children and the hobbies of adults, but even in recent modernity, there was no such divide. I think it’s good to think of third places overall, rather than being “for” specific audiences. Everyone is part of society, so third places are for everyone.