New Playgrounds Are Safe—and That's Why Nobody Uses Them

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32. Not one person has mentioned the most significant difference

between the playgrounds of yore and of today:

Today, no child goes to a play ground without an adult!

If you allowed a child under the age of 12 outside, unaccompanied away from home, a lot of people would have you arrested! It's not protection from the real dangers of falling or otherwise being injured that stifles our children, it's the ever-present warnings against the boogyman who isn't really there!


And for those who are wiling to read on to find out what I'm talking about -

before I was 10 - I used to go out into the woods on a nearby vacant piece of land and climb trees - well out of the sight of adults.

before I was 10, - I used to take a sled down the street to go down a sled hill that more or less was a ravine into the Cuyahoga River Valley.

before I was 10 - I used to walk 1/2 mile by myself down the B&O mainline tracks to go ice skating.