The only classic playground item I won't miss, is the Teeter-Totter. I think they were solely engineered so big kids could torment little kids by trapping them 8' up in the air, with the threat of letting go and a swift ride to pain. That was downright cruel.
Playgrounds can be made safer, but outlawing Tag and other made up games is asinine. What are a bunch of kids in a chicken-run of a schoolyard supposed to do otherwise? Idle hands I tell you...
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