"At playgrounds, there are usually two kinds of parents: the ones diving into the sandbox, hanging from the monkeys bars, leading every game - and those stationed on benches, preferably in the shade. Los Angeles mom Beth Crosby proudly belongs to the latter camp. For Crosby, mother of 9-year-old Grace, the park functions like a playdate: The kids entertain themselves while an adult keeps a watchful eye."
""I know I'm going to get hate for it... I don't play with my kid at the park. Period," she said, explaining that the space is for children to "work out their little social issues" and "eat wood chips." "When I see a full-grown adult on the play structure going down the slide, swinging on the swings with their kid, I get angry, because now they've made us look bad," she quipped."
A Los Angeles mother prefers passive bench supervision at playgrounds so children can socialize and expend energy independently while an adult watches from a distance. The mother does not play with her child at the park and believes playgrounds should allow children to work out social issues and tolerate sensory experiences like eating wood chips. She reserves active engagement for home activities such as baking, biking, reading, and watching movies, enforces limited device use, and treats park visits as personal downtime. Many followers agreed, while a few defended parents who join play.
Read at TODAY.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]