Was just thinking about this the other day. I've heard the roundabout-with-horses-and-lights-and-music called a merry-go-round and might accidentally call it that on occasion, but probably never have heard the horribly-unsafe-danger-to-children-everywhere-banned-playground-equipment called a carousel.
Unsafe to children and banned everywhere! I hope not. It might be unsafe but it tough children everywhere the basics of rotational mechanics and centrifugal force.
Plus, they where a lot easier to fling yourself across the park with one of those then with the swings.
I loved merry-go-rounds when I was a kid. I got my fair share of nasty scrapes and bruises from falling off or getting my leg caught, too. Worst accident I ever saw on a playground was on the monkeybars--seriously, I can still vividly picture the blood spreading in the dirt--but they're still in playgrounds everywhere.
Then again, I lived in a household where the general consensus among the adults was that kids belonged outside unless it was storming. And I mean storming, not simply raining. If there's no thunder and lightning, we should be outside playing in the puddles. "You're not made of salt! You're not gonna melt!"
I haven't seen a merry-go-round on a playground in years!! They've all been replaced with inflated Little Tykes or Tinker Toys. I loved them and was wondering how hard they would be to build. Or maybe just find one some PTA yanked out of their school yard.
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Plus, they where a lot easier to fling yourself across the park with one of those then with the swings.
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Then again, I lived in a household where the general consensus among the adults was that kids belonged outside unless it was storming. And I mean storming, not simply raining. If there's no thunder and lightning, we should be outside playing in the puddles. "You're not made of salt! You're not gonna melt!"
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And yeah, monkey bars aren't banned.
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