I believe Washington State to be the greatest place to raise a child.   Not only is our State beautiful, but we really have so many places we can take our children to celebrate life.  From a great outdoors in our parks, mountains and valleys to a wide range of multicultural flair. 

To begin with, Washinton has 3 National parks, Mount Rainier, the Olympic, and the North Cascades.

Here is an easy list to our state parks, and some of our great city parks in and around the Seattle area.

Around our 3 centers are the Lynnwood, Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace, Kirkland, Redmond, Edmonds, Woodinville -->Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts.  Check them all out.  In each city, there are many activites for your children to participate in and to be a part of, its more than just running in the grass!