PLAYGROUNDS

Solution: Don't go to McDonalds. Sorted.

Your body will thank you for it.

Then don't go. It's McDonald's, not Disney World.

If you hate them, why do you go to them? Just stay in the restaurant
area.

Having kids is so dang easy when you let others do all the work of
raising them and taking care of them!

From when I was a kid and would get dropped off at a playground or the
local pool in the summer time and be there for hours with no parents.
They would give me money for the pay phone (before the time of cell
phones) in case of emergency but our parents trusted us to be alone
for a day.

If your properly raising your kids to be responsible, well behaved
children, you don't need to helicopter.

I dont think "children" should be left anywhere unattended.

What if you had been kidnapped or molested? Would you blame your
parents? Would your parents have blamed the town for not protecting
you?

After a certain age, sure the kid can have independence, but if they
are playing in the McDonalds playpark they are too young to be
unsupervised.

I know it's been suggested that the managers need to step in and stop
this.


The problem with that is... these children don't come to McDonald's
on their own. Their parents or older siblings bring them.

In other words - they are already being accompanied by people who are
suppose to look out for them and ensure their safety.


Plus - once the manager starts playing playground monitor there's
going to be another big issue on hand... all the parents who start
screaming about "HOW DARE YOU TELL MY CHILD HOW TO BEHAVE!"

Believe me... it DOES happen. Sometimes even when the child is
endangering himself/herself. Many parents (often the ones paying for
the food too!) get VERY defensive and offended if you dare tell their
children how to behave.


Really this puts the managers in a tight spot.
Do they step in and force kids to play nice in the playground and risk
being screamed at by the adults for daring to interfere

Or do they step back and assume that parents are going to be
responsible for their own children's behavior like they're suppose
to?


This really is something you need to bring to your parents' (or
guardians') attention. It's their job to protect you. This isn't
something they can delegate to someone else just because they're
inside that person's store or restaurant.

I'd personally suggest not going into the playground if you don't like
it there.


Not to mention... there's been suggestions that the playgrounds are
swimming in bacteria anyway.

Tyler: you should have your parents go talk to the management team at
the McD's about the bullying problem.