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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a reason it says " for ages 5-12" -those bigger playground are NOT meant for toddlers. Doesn't mean your kid can't go on there, but you are setting yourself up when you put your 16 month old on a playground meant for big kids.

My son is adventurous and was bored as hell on the smaller jungle gyms when he was past 12 months, so yes I did let him go on the big ones, but I was with him the entire time making sure he didn't get run over, or fall off. 
Its up to you OP to either take your kid when the big ones aren't there, avoid it altogether, or take responsibility for your childs safety rather than [b]calling a bunch of kids "unruly" who have every right to play there as they wish[/b].[/quote]

Thanks to this comment I finally understand the extreme defensiveness on this thread. OP wasn't calling the kid unruly bc he was 7 , and therefore calling all older kids on age-appropriate equipment unruly, as so many PPs seem to believe. She was calling him unruly bc he went down a slide without looking. That's bad playground behavior at any age. IME it is also fairly rare.[/quote]

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