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by WendyTheWillow 1001 days ago
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.
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ars 1001 days ago
> 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.

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WendyTheWillow 1001 days ago
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...

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ars 1001 days ago
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.

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WendyTheWillow 1001 days ago
Most parents don't take their children to playgrounds where the likelihood of putting toxic materials into their mouths is high.

Also, having watched many a young child, this isn't normal behavior for children you leave alone to play on playgrounds, precisely for this reason.

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