In this chapter, studies on children’s place preferences are reviewed first. The term place preference studies refers mainly to studies where children describe favorite (important, liked, valued) or unpleasant (disliked) places in their everyday surroundings. Thereafter, the development of place preferences and factors affecting the selection of favorite places,
restoration, and self- and emotion regulation in favorite places are described. Some recent studies of place preferences suggest that self-regulation, place identity, place attachment, privacy regulation, and restorative effects of environments can be viewed
as interrelated phenomena. Investigating their relations has the potential to provide new insights for research and theory of place preferences. Therefore,some space at the end of the chapter is devoted to theoretical speculations. In order to limit the range of issues to be examined, topics such as design issues of children’s environments and specific environments
such as schools, kindergartens, and playgrounds are excluded.