[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...

[ars]

Too late - they already did it. Unless you are implying you hover over them no matter where they go.

Most parents will sit on the side and watch their kids. They can remove the tire material from their mouths, but they can't stop it from entering in the first place.

[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!