Ah, playgrounds.
I've taken my kids before to playgrounds with an entire foam surface below the equipment. How far we've come since the asphalt playground of my day! Nothing said safely like a sun-heated, hope-you-don't-slip-too-far-off-the-slide black-top. Or how about the see-saw? Now they have them spring-loaded so you no longer have to hope that the sibling on the other end had truly forgiven you for the cheap shot you gave them when Mom wasn't looking.
But the one piece of equipment, I wish they would pull off the playground blacklist is the merry-go-round. Sure you always had one good flung-a-few-yards-from-not-holding-on story and true lunch didn't always stay down, but in the end the joy of a good spin outweighed it all. But there is one park left in our area that hasn't removed the merry-go-round; and it's just about the only thing my kids want to do when we're there.
And Dad attracted practically the entire park with his full-grown-man powered spins:
They kept coming and coming:
Now they have safe things like 8 foot climbing walls for every eager two-year-old:
I've taken my kids before to playgrounds with an entire foam surface below the equipment. How far we've come since the asphalt playground of my day! Nothing said safely like a sun-heated, hope-you-don't-slip-too-far-off-the-slide black-top. Or how about the see-saw? Now they have them spring-loaded so you no longer have to hope that the sibling on the other end had truly forgiven you for the cheap shot you gave them when Mom wasn't looking.
But the one piece of equipment, I wish they would pull off the playground blacklist is the merry-go-round. Sure you always had one good flung-a-few-yards-from-not-holding-on story and true lunch didn't always stay down, but in the end the joy of a good spin outweighed it all. But there is one park left in our area that hasn't removed the merry-go-round; and it's just about the only thing my kids want to do when we're there.
And Dad attracted practically the entire park with his full-grown-man powered spins:
They kept coming and coming:
Now they have safe things like 8 foot climbing walls for every eager two-year-old:
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