I remember our playground at elida elementary. It featured a wooden tower with 3 levels and no real descernable ladder. The only thing that had foot and hand holds on it wa sthe 7 foor wooden spyre that jutted up out of the top, finishing off at about 15 feet up. Attatched to the tower was a set of monkey bars about 10 feet long, nd dangled you about 7 feet off the ground (a long way up whn your 40" tall). Not to mention the child centerfuge, the tall steel swingset, the huge high slides, and various other bits of steel and wood. I saw many a bloody kid leave that playground, and no one bitched about it untill the late 90s. Personaly, I loved it, I had great fun, I loved climbing even back then. Its also important to child development. Wht better wy to say "athletics and acrobatics aint your thing" then plumeting 10 feet to a bed of gravel and being hauled off tot he nurses office to clean up your bloody wounds.
as for the little girl, fuck that brat, suspend her ass for insubordination. Fuckers who cant listen piss me off. The parents backing the kid piss me off more. If I was her dad, I'd say
"gee, thats sum bullshit, they said it was cuz it was dangerous?"
graemlins/cry.gif "yeah daddy boo hoo"
graemlins/wtf.gif "well tell me this sweetpea, did they TELL you not to do it?"
graemlins/cry.gif "sniffle pittyme sniffle...yeah"
graemlins/nonono.gif "and you did it anways?"
graemlins/cry.gif "...but..."
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fuckin grounded