The New York Times has printed a list of 32 innovations that will change your tomorrow, including new types of playground for children! "Two Norwegian psychologists think that modern playgrounds are for wimps.
Instead of short climbing walls, there should be towering monkey bars.
Instead of plastic crawl tubes, there should be tall, steep slides. And
balance beams. And rope swings. The rationale is that the more we shield
children from potential scrapes and sprained ankles, the more
unprepared they’ll be for real risks as adults, and the less aware
they’ll be of their surroundings. Leif Kennair and Ellen Sandseter’s
ideas have won the support of playground experts on both sides of the
Atlantic; one company, Landscape Structures, offers a 10-foot-high
climbing wall that twists like a Möbius strip." Yikes...I think I would have run a mile as a small child at the site of one of these bendy climbing walls!
Years away: 0-2
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