I really didn’t get the point of lawns until I had a child and wanted to give them a place to run and play and roll around outside without having to worry too m

I really didn’t get the point of lawns until I had a child and wanted to give them a place to run and play and roll around outside without having to worry too much about them hurting themselves on rocks, short sharp sapling stumps, etc. We do still have woodland on our property but its kind of gnarly in there. I realize this is a very narrow use case and many places require lawns for not necessarily great reasons and also a ton of chemicals and resources go into maintaining them. I try to do it as minimally as possible, and it’s not a very big area.