It’s over the top to ban it from playground. Everything in life has a risk, does that mean we shouldn’t do anything? No, you exercise your common sense and be cautious.
It’s part of growing up, learning from mistakes, gaining experience.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 29 Oct 2019 , 8:53 am

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  I agree

Do those net things offer the same core stability and development needed to foster good posture and handwriting skills? I thought that was one of the main benefits of the monkey bars? If you have scrappy writing you need to play on the monkey bars more

I can’t believe it’s getting to this point. Yes, a lot of kids have been hurt by monkey bars in the past, but I think it’s all a part of growing up and learning about how to be careful. We are making our kids unaware of potential dangers by softening their whole life. We cannot wrap them in cotton wool forever

…..this really is getting out of hand.
When will stupid people in overpaid positions stop sucking the life and fun out of everything and let kids be kids…..

I’d rather my tax funds go towards a one off hospital visit paid for by Medicare for a broken arm than 10 years of dieticians/diabetes management/ heart disease management etc for a kid that sits around on an iPad 24/7 because they might get hurt outside…

As a young toddler, my daughter missed the bar, I was there to catch her – no accident happened. For me, it was quite scary but no way would I stop my children and now grandchildren from playing on monkey bars. Taking risks is part of life but if these children who did fall were properly supervised, they wouldn’t be having accidents. Case closed!!

Why not make it so you have to get a licence like a car just to ride a push bike? Or why don’t they start making air bubble suits we put on the kids before they step outside in case they get a boo-boo? I know, just ban children from playing anywhere, full stop, because they might just get an injury. It’s one thing to be cautious, it’s another to not let them learn anything for themselves. Taking a child to a playground helps them with their motor skills. Fine, replace them with new equipment that is honestly just as dangerous because the same accident could still happen – yes, they can still fall off the new ones, too. Actually, they can trip over anything even while walking, best we ban walking too!

I can see both sides of the argument but if kids hurt themselves on monkey bars they must be doing something silly and they would do this on anything, maybe more supervision is necessary.

Oh for the love of God. What the hell is this world we live in? Get off your damn high horses (obviously with a good height ladder so as to not fall from a height, strain your legs or better still, get off your damn armchair coz surely a high horse is far too dangerous!!!!!) Let kids be kids! We faired okay from all the “dangerous” activities we did! Far out. It’s all a joke now. And don’t get me started on what to send your child for lunch. That shit is pissing me off something fierce!!!!

They have been around for 30+ years, why start banning them now. Kids are going to hurt themselves no matter what they play on

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  • • AlyssaKT replied
    • 28 Oct 2019 , 9:35 pm

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  Close – haha. 82 years.

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    • • mom420672 replied
      • 28 Oct 2019 , 10:24 pm

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    They have been around for a lot longer than 30 years – I played on them over 65 years ago and my older brothers and sisters even longer. When we weren’t at the park we climbed trees and fences. We are still here and we had a lot of fun. Get off the “kids can’t play safe” bandwagon and let them have a few life experiences!!!! 🙁

You can’t stop dumb dumb from being dumb! Kids are always gonna hurt them selves and do stupid things. Can we all just get the flip over this nonsense. Holy heck!!!

I feel sorry for kids, all these things being banned. In a generation of devices, social media and obesity, kids are again going to miss out on something fun to play on. I think if these “fun police” knew what my brothers and I did as kids they would being having a meltdown. We took chances, did crazy things but never once ended up in hospital.

Omg this is seriously gone too far. Monkey bars are the best childhood favourite memories we have.

Just what are children and even adults going to climb now. What is next the net climbing ones?

This is ridiculous. We really are bubble wrapping kids too much. Everyone has hurt themselves at the playground at some stage, that’s how you learn!

how stupid
talk about overkill

Wow really!? Why such an increase in injuries? Is it because kids are no longer spending time outside climbing and working on their hand eye coordination?

I don’t think they should be banned, kids should be able to make the decision as to whether they are too unsafe for them. I was one of those children who got injured on monkey bars a few times but that’s generally because I was being an idiot and completely unsafe and I learned my lesson. I think we are so overly concerned about our children safety these days that we have become a bit too sensitive. Just let them be kids.

No, I don’t think they should be banned.

This is getting beyond a joke. Do we remove all the trees cos kids might climb them and fall as well. Kids are going to get hurt sometimes and that just life. Stop taking away things that keep kids active

I think there are a lot of more dangerous things in the world than the monkey bars!