I grew up with metal slides.. Even fell off of one once - lived to tell the tale.How about - act like a parent instead of expecting 100% safety where it is unreasonable to do so. As to the retort to the first point - we have all been kids too and somehow we survived hot metal slides. So take a number and don't trot out being a parent as a talking point.
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Corktown Common, like many of our parks has become one giant receptacle for dog fecies and urine so they might as well just go on the grass like the dogs do. It's not like you can sit on that grass any more.