An update of the playground safety movement.(Cover Story)

Parks & Recreation | April 1, 1996| | Copyright

Since 1981, when the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued its Handbook for Public Playground Safety, efforts have been made by the owner/operators of public-use playgrounds to make those playgrounds safer for the children using them. It has, however. taken 15 years for the impact of the federal guidelines to be felt by the municipalities, overcoming a lackadaisical attitude about upgrading the playgrounds. In the past, public attitudes ranged from indifference to playground safety problems to actual resistance to any change in the play environment and ...

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