Children should be wearing shoes at a playground or at any other public place. Who knows what is on the ground or what they can step on. Also, I install these mats and can tell you that they are very expensive. They do cut down on injuries and lessen the shock to young bones and joints.
The reason they are black is, I would assume, is aesthetic, mainly because they are not intended to ever be seen. I have never seen just black mats. We always put a light mulch over them usually 4 inches but dependent mainly on the type of mulch used. I think the smart schools, playgrounds etc. just use mulch and nothing else. In my experience, sand is a no-no. It quickly becomes cat poo and where there are kids, they are going to throw sand. The school is quickly filled with kids with eye injuries, sand and cat poo. :)
These posts are hysterical...but this begs the question...plant some dang trees for shade!!!??
Let ‘em play midnight basket ball. Its cooler then./sarc
I don't think PETA will let them do that anymore.
"We're not going to remove [the mats]," Benepe told The News. "Our playgrounds are the safest in the world."
Well, then. No problem. After all, children never fall down or sit down - besides, you could take eggs and meat to the park and cook them lunch while they're playing.
No one, it seems, has been taught critical thinking. No one thinks a thing through, like "If I do this, what might be ramifications?"
And even worse, when there's proof of harmful consequences, they brush it off as if that will somehow make it okay.
And besides, they have a sign up!
Fun thread ping.
How racist of these people to say that black rubber mats are dangerous. Next thing you know they’ll be having monkey bars in their playgrounds.