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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its weird, I grew up in Canada (moved to USA for DH's work) and still have family and friends in the Great White North. According to my family and friends with kids and my experience taking my nieces and nephews to the park before moving down here, this is a strange and uncommon occurrence for me.. [b]Maybe Canadians (even children?) are too polite to go pushing each other down slides and rough-housing at the playground? [/b]It seems that kids just have more respect. Maybe it is just my family and group of friends? I don't know. But if there is a little kid going down slide.. older kids wait and form a line at the top. Small child climbing the stairs... older kids help them up. It is really sweet, actually. And as soon as younger kid is done and (somewhat) out of the way, the older kids go back to their rambunctious selves! It is something that I encourage my kids to do, too. I am NOT going to go to both a toddler specific park and a regular park if I promised a trip to the park to my kids (2 & 7) No, they are playing on the same equipment. At the same park. Going to a specific park is nonsense. Sure, older kids play differently than toddlers but come on, parents! It is not going to hurt them to be aware of their surroundings and understand that their actions could potentially hurt someone else. [/quote]

I'm from Canada too.  I don't know where you're from but kids push and shove at the playground, and try to shake each other off of the bridge.  They don't always take turns at the slide.  They try to act tougher than they are. Their safety and everyone else's isn't always on their mind.  If there is a more appropriate playground for a toddler, either take her there or keep her out of the way of the older kids.[/quote]

When I visited Canada with my 5 year old and 3 year old and went to the park the kids were polite but really pushy. We chalked it up to kids practicing body slamming to get ready for hockey. [/quote]

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