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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our playground is designated from 2-5 years for the small one and 6-12 for the bigger. Which I feel is ridiculous because kids under 2 can't use the playground? And the difference between a one year old and a 5 year old is huge.

OP, if you aren't in the "big kid" playground, I'd feel free to be as stern with those kids as you need to be. They need to watch out for little ones if they are playing in a shared space. [/quote]

Wait, you feel the posted age is ridiculous so I need to hold my 3yo back when he is on a 2-5yo playground? So your barely walking toddler can take forever to sit at the top of the slide? I take him to playground so he can run around and climb and jump and play. That's the whole point. If your kid is under 2, let them practice walking somewhere else. Similarly, I will keep my 3yo away from the 10 year olds on the big kid playground. [/quote]

+1.  There are other play options for kids under two.  Insisting that kids who are the appropriate age for a piece of equipment curtail their play for kids who are too young is silly.  If a four-year-old is unable to play because a 16-month-old is on equipment they are not big enough to navigate, then the 16-month-old needs to move.  Ditto for those in the 2-5 set on the 5+ equipment.  If their use of the equipment is preventing older kids from using it, they need to yield.  Because a four-year-old not waiting for more than a second to go down a slide is not "unruly," it's being four.  A kid jumping on a suspended bridge isn't being unruly, they are playing with the bridge in a totally appropriate and foreseeable manner.  [/quote]

Luckily for me, none of you assholes appear to live in my neighborhood. We treat the "2-5" playground as really birth-3 and the older kid playground for 4 and up. If your kid is 4, then yes, s/he absolutely needs to learn how to play around a 1.5 year old.

It's a liability issue. Nobody actually intends for children under 2 to never be allowed in the playground. It's completely absurd to say they are not permitted.[/quote]

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