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Raleigh mom fighting for playground changes after daughter burned on equipment
CBS 17 ^ | Aug 29, 2019 | : Bridget Chapman

Posted on 08/30/2019 7:12:07 AM PDT by Rebelbase

CARY, N.C. (WNCN) — A Wake County mom is trying to keep other parents from experiencing what she did when her child suffered severe burns on playground equipment.

“It was a struggle,” said Danielle Zillioux.

Zillioux said her daughter was only 14-months-old when she got 2nd-degree burns on her hands.

“Every time we had to change [the bandages], she would cry, especially when the blisters broke. It was just painful,” she said.

It happened two years ago at Kids ‘R’ Kids Learning Academy of West Cary. Zillioux worked there at the time.

“The teacher that was with my daughter at the time, she felt horrible. She was very emotionally upset.”

She said she never pursued legal action and kept working there because she didn’t feel it was malicious.

Instead, she and her husband met with the day care heads to get safety measures in place.

She said part of what they agreed on after the incident was adding a shade structure to the playground.

She’s shared her daughter’s burn photos each summer on social media to spread awareness.

“It doesn’t have to be super hot days. It doesn’t have to be direct sunlight,” she said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: belongsinchat; children; heat; playground
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I remember a time when adults knew to not let little kids and tots play on hot playground equipment.
1 posted on 08/30/2019 7:12:07 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

2 years ago and now she’s bi+ch’n?


2 posted on 08/30/2019 7:17:15 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Rebelbase

I guess it’s too much to ask Parents to look after their child’s safety now. Why wuouldn’t a Mother check in the first place?? Hittin the Pipe? Turnin tricks in the bathroom??


3 posted on 08/30/2019 7:18:17 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Rebelbase

I remember a time when adults said

1. See its hot leave it alone until it cools!
2. Hmmm...that’ll teach you not to touch hot things!
3. or my favorite: Stop crying you’re fine! That won’t be your last blister!


4 posted on 08/30/2019 7:18:31 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Rebelbase

I take mt granddaughters to the playground. Some slides and ladders are made of black plastic material. I always put my hand on them to see how hot they are to the touch. Just common sense.


5 posted on 08/30/2019 7:19:41 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (A big mouth doesn't make a big man.~John Wayne)
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To: Rebelbase

I feel bad for the kid, but...they are going to make this super expensive shade thing for the playground, and already filled the areas with spongy stuff?

Sorry. Playgrounds are great, but they are a litigation pit in my opinion. Just don’t have playgrounds. Heck, having a asphalt basketball court or four square, or...God forbid...tetherball is too risky.

Sheesh.


6 posted on 08/30/2019 7:20:57 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: Rebelbase

I remember walking on an asphalt parking lot in the summer wearing bare feet when I was a kid! Luckily I was smart enough to get on the white painted parking lines...and never to walk on asphalt with bare feet!


7 posted on 08/30/2019 7:21:37 AM PDT by gr8eman (Only the mediocre are always at their best)
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To: Rebelbase

Bill Cosby’s “Playground” routine comes to mind...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgjhhSCrzMs

“The monkey bars came in....we lost 124 kids in one day.”


8 posted on 08/30/2019 7:23:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rebelbase

I remember the steel slides in summer as a kid. Scorching hot, but we learned that the hard way too.


9 posted on 08/30/2019 7:26:15 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: eyeamok

You may want to consider that a good portion of the public are getting more ignorant and dumber by the day and have to have their hand held and being told what to do. Just signs of our time.


10 posted on 08/30/2019 7:26:21 AM PDT by saintgermaine (saintgermaine the time traveller)
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To: gr8eman

Now days they call CPS and have parents charged with neglect because their kids are outside with no shoes on. Even in your own front yard.


11 posted on 08/30/2019 7:30:03 AM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Rebelbase

You all gotta convince them to paint all the equipment white so’s it will reflect the sunlight. White is the coolest, hear?


12 posted on 08/30/2019 7:30:41 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: Rebelbase

Just an observation...there were no consequences for this mom not watching and safeguarding her child when the child’s hands got burned two years ago.

All that suffering and crying she talks about, could have been prevented if she were a better parent. But of course, it’s not her fault...


13 posted on 08/30/2019 7:31:14 AM PDT by simpson96
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Why wuouldn’t a Mother check in the first place??

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Did you read the article? The mother worked there and the
child was taken out by another worker.


14 posted on 08/30/2019 7:31:34 AM PDT by deport
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To: Rebelbase

When I was a kid play grounds had jungle gyms, merry-go-rounds, metal slides, teeter totters and swings, all of which have vanished. I also walked to school and took long bike rides, which kids can’t do anymore. I thank God that I spent my childhood in the 1950’s and not in the 21st century.


15 posted on 08/30/2019 7:32:55 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: BBQToadRibs

I remember the steel slides in summer as a kid. Scorching hot, but we learned that the hard way too.
___________

Yep. If it was hot, just pop your @ss up.


16 posted on 08/30/2019 7:34:46 AM PDT by Conserv
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To: gr8eman

***I remember walking on an asphalt parking lot in the summer wearing bare feet when I was a kid! ***

You would not try that in Moab Utah, as we did as kids. Running down the concrete sidewalk barefoot, then we hit the asphalt then hopped and danced our way across the street as it was so hot.


17 posted on 08/30/2019 7:35:03 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: simpson96

The mother worked there. The child was taken
out by the children’s care taker not the mom.


18 posted on 08/30/2019 7:36:17 AM PDT by deport
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To: Harpotoo

probably needs money


19 posted on 08/30/2019 7:36:44 AM PDT by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: 4yearlurker

I have a black SUV. Getting into it on a sunny summer day always requires a cautious touch. Or you can always try climbing in the Grand Canyon on a sunny summer day without gloves.


20 posted on 08/30/2019 7:38:04 AM PDT by libstripper
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