tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post9162931436533845953..comments2024-02-20T21:53:17.168-05:00Comments on The Spirit's Sword: Safe childhoodsBearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01201581440686945990noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450626869303471458.post-2765429465314388592011-04-11T16:29:42.736-04:002011-04-11T16:29:42.736-04:00Most of the Toronto Catholic schools; including th...Most of the Toronto Catholic schools; including the ones I went to; were basic cement playgrounds. Boys brought balls and playing cards and girls brought skipping ropes, elastics for "jumpsy" and also played complex walking in circles;singing games. No one seemed unhappy with this arrangement. By the time my oldest started school (1990); this all seemed to have vanished and there began to be demands for playground equipment (which when I was a kids seemed to be found in parks)<br />My youngest dd did break her arm on a "zip line" in the school yard because 3 kids jumped on her as she was swinging. Kids will do that; and school playgrounds don't have the same level of supervision as parks with parents. The zip line was removed. (new principal and it turned out dd was at the end of a long list of casualties) I'm not into overprotecting but kids can also have fun with less if they aren't distracted by all the electronic gizmos.Patiencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567149340809225297noreply@blogger.com