I drove by the school where friends and I used to ride up on biked and play on the playground today. Gone were the merry-go-rounds. Gone were the swings. Gone were the various monstrous creations of grey pipes making any number of shapes for us to climb on.<\/p>\n
Everything had been replaced with plastic things, none over the height of five feet, surrounded by a sea of wood chips a foot deep.<\/p>\n
I want my kids to grow up learning that there are consequences for the dumb things we do. I want mothers who’s first response to their kid is “that’s what you get for hanging upside down like that, I hope it hurt.”<\/p>\n
Stupid lawyers and overprotective parents.<\/p>\n
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