The Week contest - Childproof neighborhoods

Welcome to "What Next?", The Week's contest about current events.

Click here for the results of the previous contest: American ambassadors

Last week's contest: A Florida homeowners association has decided to protect kids by banning ball-playing, bicycles, and skateboards on the complex's roads and common grounds. What is the next step the association should take to shield kids from all possible harm?

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THE WINNER: Keep them in the womb until they're 18

Ethan Furman, Los Angeles

SECOND PLACE: No running with or without scissors

Rich Herbst, West Chester, Pa.

THIRD PLACE: Lock up all the adults

Margaret Lee, Sioux Falls, S.D.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Install rubber floors

David Horesh, Overland Park, Kan.

Require all kids to wear helmets even when walking

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

No hoodies allowed

S. Joseph Fior, Santa Barbara, Calif.

Provide contraceptives to all adults in the community

Ty Fedak, Tempe, Ariz.

Mandatory bubble-wrap jumpsuits

Alan Parven, Commerce Township,Mich.

Stop the earth from turning

Ken Meier, Tonopah, Nev.

Replace birthday cake candles with iPad candle app

Angela James, Westminster, Md.

Provide school uniforms made from Nerf

Noah Kopp, Lake Mills, Wis.

Give them all guns

Charles Huber, Gettysburg, Pa.

All embryos must be cryogenically frozen, as gestation and birth pose certain untenable risks

Deborah Rose, St. Louis

Require helium-inflatable skivvies for sinkhole escapes

Mike Zeaman, Reno, Nev.

Lock them up and throw away the key

Kathy Holstrom, Oak Hill, Va.

Ban residents

Jeffry O'Connor, Palm Desert, Calif.

Post speed limit on the park slides

Wesley Jung, Aliso Viejo, Calif.

Safety nets under all trees

Jere Hinkle, Grass Lake, Mich.

Don't let them eat the meatloaf at the neighbors' house

Woody Salkin, Carmel, Calif.

Require homeschooling while wearing body armor

Francis J. Calverase, St. Thomas, Pa.

Ban imagination

Dave Rous, Duluth, Minn.

Mandatory OSHA training in order to use playgrounds

Brian McFadden, Lubbock, Texas

Ban TVs, computers, double-decker hamburgers, soda pop, and doting grandparents

Middleton Train, Fort Washington, Pa.

Replace jungle gyms with reading circles

Beth Simon, Oakland

Separate them from their parents at birth

William L. Dok, San Jose