[Rebelbase]

I remember a time when adults knew to not let little kids and tots play on hot playground equipment.

[Harpotoo]

2 years ago and now she’s bi+ch’n?

[eyeamok]

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??

[Reily]

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!

[4yearlurker]

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.

[rlmorel]

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.

[gr8eman]

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!

[dfwgator]

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.”

[BBQToadRibs]

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

[VietVet876]

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

[simpson96]

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...

[Fiji Hill]

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.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

As a toddler, I went hands-first into a hot charcoal grill. Palms were full 2nd degree burns. Don't remember my mother calling for the abolishment of grills (although I think my dad got reamed over the event)...

Adult supervision required...

[piasa]

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

We had shade structures in our playgrounds when we were kids... We called them "trees."

[dfwgator]

That’s what Bactine was for....spray a little Bactine on the kid and you’re good to go.

[unread]

I'm of the opinion a 14 month old baby is way to small and frail for “playground” equipment...

[1Old Pro]

I remember touching a metal slide and noticing it was hot. So much for free thinking these days.

[I want the USA back]

They feel guilty for leaving their kids in someone else’s care. So they put all the blame on the care providers.

[tomkat]

I’m guessing they’d frown on lawn darts too.

Snowflakes

[TangoLimaSierra]

In the 50s, all the playground eq was trying to kill us.

[hadaclueonce]

Now days kids don’t eat enough dirt.