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[quote=Anonymous]A poster on the male nanny thread brought up the issue of nannies/parents playing with kids at the park.  I am just curious to know where nannies and families weigh in on this and to share my own views.

When I take kids under the age of 4 to the park, I am absolutely 100% (ok well maybe 95%) engaged with play and ensuring the safety of all kids around. This said, I usually take children of these ages to age appropriate spaces where the milieu is generally of the same physical capabilities, not to a school playground at 3:30 where they are going to be knocked down by a bunch of bigger kids.

When I am with school aged children, I tend to take a more laid back approach. I hover around the perimeter to make sure I am there if anyone decides to leap off the slide or do a monkey-bar trick they can't quite handle, but I am NOT running around and trying to play, and find it quite annoying when other adults are (mainly because they get in the way of the other kids!). 
This is not to say I sit on my phone for 2 hours, it's actually usually the parents doing that, but I am just more of a safety officer than a playmate.

Nannies and parents, what are your approaches to playing at the park and what do you think of people on the opposite end of the spectrum?
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