Playgrounds can bring out the worst behavior...screaming, not sharing, aggressive behavior on the playground equipment...ugh, it's the worst. And I am not even talking about the kids. Moms (and dads) can sometimes be the ones showing really horrible behavior.
Randall (of "Honey Badger" fame) tracks some mothers to the playground with their children and narrates their behavior in this latest episode of Moms in the Wild. It's funny how the playground types are exactly the same, everywhere: the mom yammering on her phone while she bounces her kid on one of those spring mounted ponies, the hovering mom who goes down the slide with her eight-year-old, and the severely overdressed mom who looks more like she's cruising the park for hot dads than taking her kids out to play.
But there's one secret about moms at the park that Randall doesn't know, but I bet all of us do:
We don't go to the park for our kids' good. We do it at least as much for ourselves. It makes them happy, which means they are pleasant to be around, and lets them run off some energy, which means they are hungry for dinner and ready for bed when the time comes. And after a whole long day of refereeing sibling fights, answering 3.2 million questions, and having multiple people talk in our ears at once, we need to get out of the house and be around other adults. Talking to even the judgiest sanctimommy can be a respite (for a few minutes at least) from finding eighteen different answers to "why is the sky blue?"
So bah, Randall, you don't even know. See if you recognize any playground types in this video:
Do you love going to the park?
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I CAN NOT wait for it to get nice out, so we can start hittin' up the playground again. The indoors is doing major damage to my psyche and my daughter's energy levels.
I love the outdoors, and both my kids are big into the outdoors. It's a great way the get out and excersize for me, I prefer hiking and going to a park over playgrounds, but my kids love the slides, and swings, and we have some real nice kid friendly play grounds close by. The Akron cafemom group goes at least once a month to a playground, during Spring and Summer. We try to do different locations, so moms in different areas of Akron and surrounding areas can come. I do go to the park to hang with my mom friends, I don't see a big deal about it. Our kids get along well and I get to hang with my girlfriends. I really have not seen any bad behavior from a parent, or parents around me. I guess after3 years of hanging out we just try to get along with everyone, we even approach other moms and dads at the parks and invite them to other events we do as a group. As far as what we wear, what ever we can grab quick with the kids. I usually put up my hair in a ponytail, and wear tennis shoes. As far as my cell phone I use it, but not to take calls but to snap pictures of my kids and their friends playing. I do see parents at the park that are on the phone, but I think they do it to try to look busy so others don't approach. Usually more dads do this. your so right about the park helping the kids eat and sleep. After a hour playing nap time is a good thing.