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Opinion: Vox Pop - Are playgrounds becoming too boring forchildren?

1 min read Early Years
A study from charity Playlink suggests that local authorities are deliberately designing unexciting playgrounds for children because they fear being hit by legal action if a child is injured while using the equipment.

NO - Barry Leahey, sales director, Playdale

Not with the way playgrounds have gone in the past six months and where they are going in the future. We are using electronic equipment to engage with the PlayStation generation.

Our i.play system has a website linked to it. Children can upload information on how they have done and we can also include healthy living tips and advice on what to do if, for example, they are approached by a stranger. Children's interests have moved on, but now we've introduced this equipment playgrounds have moved on as well. The equipment we've recently installed in Leicester and Reading has been really well received. YES - Marianne Mannello, policy officer, Play Wales

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