Children are small, adorable versions of the people who gave them life
. There is something uplifting about them running around, playing with the other playground kids, and generally having a blast. You have the park's playground equipment to thank for that. These neat pieces of equipment allow children to have some safe fun and keep them moving around. But imagine if the park did not have such equipment around for the children to play with? How boring and tragic would that be?
Kids need to be running around and exercise both their minds and bodies. Playground equipment gives them the opportunity to do this because it forces children to do some very creative problem solving. For example, when children are navigating through the jungle gym they are figuring out how to move around and get from point A to point B by using their bodies. By using swing sets or see saws children come to understand that it requires the assistance of another person to get it going. As basic as some of these concepts are the argument is, you have to learn to walk before you can run.
With playground equipment, children can be active and promote a healthy lifestyle within themselves. With obesity a problem with many grown adults today, we have to make sure future generations of children understand the need to be healthy. The best way to start this healthy lifestyle is to have them play on playground. Playgrounds are the starting point for children to become active and can be a place that instills a sense of self-improvement that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. From there playful antics in the park, they can move on to playing in the schoolyard. The assistance of a school's gym program will be very valuable as well. From there the child can come to appreciate sports and might even want to participate in their school's sports team.
Even if a child is not an active participant in sports the valuable lesson of being healthy is now a part of their identity. As they grow up they will become more health conscious and become more responsible with how they treat their bodies. When all of this is taken into account, playground equipment like the ones that were mentioned are unsung heroes in the physical and mental development of our young children today and will hopefully remain in the future to come.