Raising kids in apartments, there’s nothing wrong with it

Tyrrell and Wood interviewed 14 parents in the local government area of Lane Cove, on the lower north shore, where apartments have flourished recently. In 2021, 63.7 per cent of its homes were medium or high-density, compared with a Greater Sydney average of 46 per cent, and the number of households with children living in Lane Cove apartments doubled over 10 years.

The complaints from parents were predictable: not enough open space for the kids to run around. “They do get a bit…