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How old are you? Thirty years ago at my local park teenagers were climbing onto sections not made for climbing, running up and down slides and occasionally knoc
by lazyasciiart 7y ago
How old are you? Thirty years ago at my local park teenagers were climbing onto sections not made for climbing, running up and down slides and occasionally knocking over smaller children, etc. It certainly wasn't a de-risked modern place.
- jacobolus 7y agoI’m 33. Anecdotally, a few years ago after redesign my neighborhood park went from a pretty decent number of 10–16 year-olds playing on the playground to now basically none, except sometimes high school skaters who bring their skateboards, or sometimes a mob of high school kids who will all cluster around the swings and look at their phones. I’m not saying that there haven’t always been teenagers doing stupid shit. But having riskier / older-kid-focused playground equipment does attract at least some teenagers who use them more or less as intended. I’d be curious to see better research about this though.