Children’s usage of open spaces is an important research field since it has several consequences on the healthy development of children. However, today most of the urban areas and particularly streets are designed for the use and needs of adults and cars. Moreover, there is an increasing shift in children’s life from outdoor to indoor spaces resulted by the changes in the physical environment and parental safety perception. Thisstudy examines a group of 9-10 years old children’s neighborhood perception in two neighborhoods in the central city of Çorum. It deploys an online parental survey, our site observations of physical characteristics of these neighborhoods, and a focus group interview with 22 children. This thesis aims to grasp the physical and social factors of the neighborhood affecting children’s usage of their immediate surroundings to improve children’s active involvement in urban areas. Thus, strategies and recommendations are developed at the neighborhood level with the data extracted from field research to create child-friendly urban environments. According to the study findings, parental licenses are affected by social factors more than physical factors of the neighborhood. Besides, fear about strangers and vehicle traffic are the factors that cause parental restrictions at most. To create a child-friendly city, the presence of other children in the neighborhood, suitable play equipment for different age groups, places for individual and group activities, and mix land uses in the neighborhood are the common factors that emerged from the children’s responses. Although parents and children give similar responses to the factors that negatively affect their perceptions, such as fear of strangers and inadequacy of green spaces, they have different expectations and concerns about their neighborhood. Therefore, the data obtained in this study highlight the importance of examining the different needs of children and parents at the neighborhood level in order to create child-friendly cities.