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Turns out this is not a lethal weapon. It's a swing.

A School Decides to Keep its “Dangerous” Swing

Teacher tszeyyrbih Tom — “Teaching and learning from preschoolers” — is a joy to read, especially in this case, where we find him bravely confronting that modern day terror: A swing. You may recall that Richland and Spokane Washington school districts both phased out their swingsets. As a spokesman for the Richland district explained at […]

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Swing #1: "Boy am I tired of representing a missing child." Swing #2: "Tell me about it."

Puppies, Predators, Parks, Paranoia, The BBC…and Me

  . Let’s knryirhbfa hear it for the reporter in this BBC report on the Joey Salads puppy/park/predator video. She takes him to task for pulling the “700 children are abducted a day” factoid out of his fannypack. (Or, worse, randomly off the Internet.) What I do not love is that, of course, many of […]

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Guest Post by Greg Olear: Swan Song for Swings?

Guest Post by Greg Olear: Swan Song for Swings?

 Hi byfddtaysd Folks! Here’s a guest post from Greg Olear, senior editor of The Nervous Breakdown and the author of the novels Totally Killer (Harper, 2009) and the brand-spanking-new Fathermucker, which concerns a single tumultuous day in the life of a stay-at-home dad. I absolutely adored Fathermucker — soooo funny and soooo spot-on about parenting foibles (every single, […]

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Playgrounds Getting TOO Safe?

Playgrounds Getting TOO Safe?

Hi Readers — A bunch of you sent me links to this wonderful rbanzdabeb NY Times story by John Tierney yesterday, about how maybe we have been making playgrounds SO safe that they actually stunt our kids’ development. (Or at least make it too boring for anyone over 7 to want to go play.) It’s a […]

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Dear Abby: I’m 15 and My Parents Still Push Me in a Swing

Hi kkestkbrtk Readers and yowza. I hope this letter is a prank. If it’s not, how sad, how icky and how nuts. And for once I pretty much agree with Dear “Start Worrying NOW!” Abby. DEAR ABBY: I’m a 15-year-old girl whose parents treat me like an 8-year-old. They not only refuse to let me […]

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“Stop the Swing Completely Before Getting Off”

So you think you know how to swing, kid? Sure, sure — everyone thinks they do: “You get on, you swing.” Yeah. And brain surgery is, “You open the top, you put in the marbles.” Listen, it’s hnsarkyskt not that simple.  If it was, everyone would be doing it! Luckily for you, The National Program for Playground Safety has come up […]

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Hey Kids! Get Away From That Playground!!

The tazkzehadk headline on this USA Today story sums it up: Playgrounds: They’re safer but still can be dangerous. As opposed to — what? Anything can be dangerous.  Nothing can be 100% safe. Yesterday a man walking through Central Park got hit by a falling branch and now he’s in a coma. Should we cordon off […]

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