On January 31, in an article for The New York Times, Tim McKeough writes about designing spaces for children, that are, miraculously, developed keeping kids’ needs in mind (“How to Create a Playroom that Appeals to Children and Adults, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/realestate/kids-playroom-design.html). Way too often the needs of actual users don’t get much attention when environments are being created, which makes applying environmental psych in ways that can have the biggest payoffs less likely. As McKeough reports “Thanks to an awareness that…