[Airsinner]

You've seen neglectful parenting then, which would exist irrespective of what material playgrounds are built from.

[nvy]

Haha, ask me how I know you don't have kids.

[kyleee]

It’s actually quite a high bar for a parent to completely prevent unintended items from being put in a child’s mouth.

I suspect you either don’t have children or you are an extremely militant helicopter parent if you can tell us with a straight face you’ve met that bar.

[WendyTheWillow]

While it may be a full time job, keeping toxic materials out of your child's mouth is one of the primary responsibilities of a parent.

This is not a high bar.

[ars]

If a playground has toxic material, then the playground is doing it wrong, not the parent.

And yes, it's a full time job (at certain ages), and no it's hardly the primary responsibility, it's one of many.

[WendyTheWillow]

If your child is putting part of the playground into their mouth, you are doing it wrong, not the playground.

And I think you misread; I said it was one of the primary responsibilities of a parent to keep toxic things out of your child's mouth.

[ars]

> If your child is putting part of the playground into their mouth, you are doing it wrong, not the playground.

Apparently you've never met an infant.

[WendyTheWillow]

I have and when they try to put recycled tire in their mouths, I stop them.

It is not a tenable position to suggest that children will unavoidably poison themselves, and that's just part of life...

[washadjeffmad]

Oh, get a grip. If parenting was really critical for their development, then it would be on my infant's YouTube playlist.

[WendyTheWillow]

I think there's a Bluey episode about not eating the recycled tires on the playground...

[washadjeffmad]

Now you're talking!

[soperj]

Because people can control what their kids do at school...