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Revisiting the Playground
- euroderf 4y agoThe playground without an annual broken arm or ankle is no playground at all.
- dan-robertson 4y agoThe image of the tall swing looks slightly terrifying but I only recently (as an adult) realised how much obviously more fun a taller swing will be: you’re mostly going to be limited by the angle you can get up to but a lot of the fun comes from the distance/ height of the path of the swing.
- michaelleland 4y agoWhen I lived in Sweden I read about the concept of “no permanent damage.” The playgrounds seemed much more dangerous than the ones I grew up with here in the United States. I suppose liability has a lot to do with it. I’ve attempted to incorporate that principle into the activities I encourage my own kids to participate in—allow them to experience and explore things that are somewhat dangerous in order to grow.
- hairofadog 4y agoI appreciated this documentary called “Free Play” about adventure playgrounds where they let kids play with fire and saws and whatnot: https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/04/03/395797459/the-value-of-wild-risky-play-fire-mud-hammers-and-nails https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/04/03/395797459/the-val... I can’t find it on YouTube, but there was a harrowing scene of a kid sawing a board that sticks with me.