| Finding a safe place for your child to
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| | vigorous swinging. The climbing rope
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| play can be very hard sometimes. Slides,
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| | should be anchored at both ends. The
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| swings and jungle gyms are a dream come
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| | swings should be a bucket type, of soft
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| true for most children, but can be a
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| | shock absorbing materials. To prevent
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| nightmare for parents when they come home
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| | head injuries the swings should be twenty
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| with black eyes, bumps, bruises and
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| | four inches apart and thirty inches form
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| broken limbs.Whether you are looking for
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| | the support posts. All of the rings and
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| a play set for home or looking at a
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| | other openings should be designed to
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| public playground, make sure it is age
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| | prevent head entrapment. All of the
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| appropriate. If you are looking for
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| | metal should be painted or treated to
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| equipment to use at home; look for
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| | avoid rusting. If there is any wood, it
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| something that is adjustable as your
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| | should also be treated to prevent
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| child grows. For your toddlers, look for
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| | rotting. The treatment used should be
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| something that is no higher than six feet
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| | with shellac paint because some wood
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| at its topmost point. The play platforms
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| | treatment is made with arsenic-based
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| should be no higher than four feet from
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| | material.The playground equipment should
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| the ground and have guardrails. They
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| | be in good repair and checked regularly
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| should also be easy to get down from.
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| | for broken or missing parts. If you are
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| The playground slide should be no more
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| | at a park and see it in a poor condition,
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| than a 30 degree incline. It should also
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| | you should report it to the local parks
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| be at least twenty two inches deep. If
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| | department. You should avoid the
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| the slide is more than four feet high,
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| | playground until it is fixed.The surfaces
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| then it should have raised sides.Make
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| | under the playground should be soft.
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| sure the play equipment is safe. When
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| | Remove all rocks and tree roots. You can
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| you are looking for a play system, look
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| | either put down play sand, wood chips,
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| for a system that says the manufacturer
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| | sawdust, bark or other shock absorbing
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| followed the guidelines of the American
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| | material. Do not rely on your grassy
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| Society for the Testing of Materials or
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| | yard because it still could be dangerous,
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| of the Consumer Product Safety
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| | even fatal. Injuries are possible on
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| Commission. The equipment should be
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| | this surface even if the fall is from a
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| sturdy in construction. Make sure it is
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| | foot above. The shock absorbing material
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| correctly assembled, follow the
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| | should extend six feet from the play
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| instructions exactly and make sure it is
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| | area.Make sure that your toddler isn't
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| firmly anchored in concrete. The
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| | wearing a cape, floppy sleeves, flowing
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| concrete should be covered in earth or a
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| | clothes or any other clothing that can be
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| soft padding. The play system should be
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| | entangled in the equipment. This can
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| set at least six feet from fences or
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| | cause a strangulation hazard. Any play
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| walls.You should avoid swings with S-like
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| | equipment is only as safe the supervision
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| hooks; these can pop out easily with
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| | a child playing on it gets.
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