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 didnt 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.
Shes shared her daughters burn photos each summer on social media to spread awareness.
It doesnt have to be super hot days. It doesnt have to be direct sunlight, she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs17.com ...
Adult supervision required...
OMG...what if a child walks on hot sand at the beach!!!???
We had shade structures in our playgrounds when we were kids... We called them "trees."
“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.”
Playing barefoot in my front yard runs the risk of land mines, courtesy of a 72 lb. American Bull Dog, American Staffordshire Terrier, GSD, Lab cross and a 120 lb. Great Dane.
Then again they were honey locust trees with 8 inch multipronged thorns profusely growing out of the trunk and limbs.
That’s what Bactine was for....spray a little Bactine on the kid and you’re good to go.
lol, safer to wear shoes then!
No man! Just elementary physics. Something I learned in sixth grade at a public school in the boondocks of Pennsylvania in 1959.
“Hot” was our kids’ warning word when they were little. It worked much better and faster than “No.” Don’t know why since they were never burned.
Apparently, parents can’t be bothered to get their noses out of their phones to check how hot the slide might be.
Putting a shade over the playground also deprives kids from the Vit D they get from the sun.
Can we call them Monkey Bars anymore?
I guess Jungle Gym is safe, oh wait, never mind.
And the “shade” deprives them of the learning experience of “direct sunlight makes things hot”!
Scuffed up knees, elbows, bruises, sprained ankles, blisters, bee stings, mosquito bites, poison ivy, etc. are part & parcel the lessons & memories of childhood!
I remember touching a metal slide and noticing it was hot. So much for free thinking these days.
Our previous dog was respectful (seriously respectful in everything she did) of where to poop. She’d aways do it as far away from the house and where people walked as she could. She also figured out on her own to pee before hoping in for a car ride.
With the current furbabies, you learn to walk with your eyes to the ground.
some dogs are frighteningly human in their understanding of the “human world”.
And before Bactine there was Mercurochrome, with mercury, for our cuts and scrapes.
......its a wonder we survived into adulthood.
Block the sun mommy, it’s burning my eyes!
“2 years ago and now shes bi+chn?”
Read the article.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.