Where kids do . . . whatever
It's a pint-sized community for pint-sized people. It's Wannado City, which opened this fall at South Florida's massive Sawgrass Mills outlet mall, an attraction in itself. Children 4 to 11 can play at venues ranging from a police station to a hospital to a circus -- and maybe get an inkling of what they ''wannado" when they grow up.
Sixty sites represent more than 250 careers. Each site has a coach to teach basic skills and games. Because money makes even a small world go round, there is a currency called Wongas, with a bank to keep track of everything earned, spent, and saved. Each child has a savings account and each career carries a ''paycheck." The youngsters must decide what to do with their wongas: spend them on food and clothing or at the local dance club, or save them.
