All posts tagged "playgrounds"
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Checking Your Cell Phone At The Playground Apparently Makes You A Neglectful Parent Now
Free range parents have been making the argument for a long time now that we've gone overboard with...
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Call Me A Helicopter Parent, But The Playground Is Terrifying
Even though kids are designed to withstand the occasional tumble and fall, and newly designed playgrounds seem...
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With Schools Getting Rid Of Swings, Litigious Parents Will Have To Search For Another Piece Of Childhood To Kill
The district says it's under pressure from their insurance company over liability for injuries. Translation - kids are...
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You Still Have To Behave Like An Adult Around A Bratty Kid
.A fact of life (and parenting) is that when you venture out into a shared space like the...
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The Overprotected Kid: I’m Raising One And I’m Not Happy About It
I remember the playgrounds of my childhood; wooden totem poles, giant cement structures for climbing and not a...
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Monkey Bars Are A Little Dangerous, And That’s Why They’re Necessary
Slate has a new piece called, "Monkey Bars are a Menace." It's all about one man's daughter,...
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Putting The Danger Back In Playgrounds
o I don't know what exactly happened in the last twenty years, but coinciding with the mistaken...
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The Playground: Do Parents Have To Play?
Before I had children, I assumed that parents took their children to playground so they could relax. The...
