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[quote=Anonymous]I do think that parents should be more conscious of what kids are doing at playgrounds.  When I read the title I thought you might be talking abut the 10-14s who stalk our park using the baby swings (for a laugh), monopolizing the equipment and trying to be cool.  They annoy me and are sometimes frankly dangerous with the little kids.  But 4,5,6 kiddies deserve to be able to stretch the boundaries and I actually think the onus is on you to be constantly with your little more fragile DC.  The reality is that you cannot expect a four year old to appreciate that a toddler needs stability and exclusive access to a bridge/slide etc.  So either you need to own it and stop the bigger kids or mind yours especially carefully.  But don't expect that the entire spectrum of kids developing their various skills and excited about the prospect of doing so should defer to your little one. Parks are for play.  Not a lesson in prudence with someone's toddler.  Perhaps their parents might be equally annoyed that your DC is holding up the play structure, taking tonnes of time on a busy slide and stopping other kids from having fun.  I don't ay this is legitimate but you can see that there's an alternate perspective right? [/quote]

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