Went to East Towne tonight for some Air Conditioned energy burning fun. (Note to self: go to McDonalds from now on). They have this little play place geared toward toddlers. Now, even though this place is geared toward toddlers and there's a sign saying you can't be taller than 42 inches to play etc ---- this doesn't stop parents from actually dropping their kids off and leaving to shop. How outrageous! To leave 8 and 9 year olds unsupervised, what are they thinking? So what happens is I end up moderating and babysitting these kids. Making sure they're not getting hurt or hurting others etc. These particular kids were running in circles playing a version of tag. Meanwhile there are 1 and 2 and 3 year olds waddling and crawling around. They're being hopped over like hurdles. No parents anywhere.
What's not quite as bad, but still not good, is when the parent IS there but does nothing to stop this behavior. Giant 9 year olds running crazy with food and drink in hand, while knocking over kids. Oh, don't worry, Daddy's right there to watch/play games on his iphone. Great parenting buddy.
Whew! Rant over.
On another, cuter, note: there is this adorable tree slide at East Towne and Abram loooooves going down it --- goes down the regular way, head first, sideways, on his hands/knees. (Don't worry it's only 2 feet off the ground with more like a ramp than a slide). Adorable.
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