Are You Responsible If Your Child Is Injured In A Play Area?

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Permalink Reply by Walter Durand on April 21, 2009 at 11:40am

I really feel sorry for these parents and cannot even imagine what they are going through. I do however realize that people need to take responsably for their actions and not look for a scapegoat. We have become a society of warnings on everything. If your child was on a skateboard and the same thing happened, would you sue the town, the skateboard company. I'm sure that we can make padded roads, padded floors, walls etc. Kids are going to get hurt. Until they are 20 something they think they are industructable. My daughter is 16 and her boyfriend totaled his car in the school parking lot doing donuts, should his parents sue the school because there was a pole in his way and the school did not have a sign "no donuts allowed". We as parents need to take precautions as to what our kids do and keep them safe but they are kids. They are going to get hurt.

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Permalink Reply by Robin Mullins on April 21, 2009 at 5:07pm

First of all parents are the first ones responsible for their children. You should know as a parent what is safe for your child...Take some responsibility...you had them...now raise them. Playgrounds at Burger King, McDonalds, etc...are and should be responsible for their playground equipment, however, as a parent you should look at it first to see if it is safe enough for your children to play on it. At the present time there are too many people to blame someone else for their failure to accept responsibility for their actions. I took the responsibility to have my children and it is my responsibility to take care of them. These parents should not have gotten any settlement. Dad should have checked the equipment out and/or paid attention to his children.

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Permalink Reply by Diane Berger on May 5, 2009 at 7:50am

These playscapes, indoor playgrounds, etc, should be held to the same standards as their outdoor versions. If they are for public use, I believe the general rule is "Use at your own risk. Parental/Guardian supervision required." The owners of the "scape" and the property upon which the scape sits on should be required to hold adequate liability insurance. Kids will always be kids. They will be rambunctous. They will occasionally get out of hand. They are kids. They are always testing limits - their's and our's. As parents/adults we are responsible for establishing and maintaining those limits. Until our kids attain an age where they no longer deem themselves "indestructable" (or graduate high school, whichever comes first), we are responsible for their behavior/actions. Personally, if I saw that a playscape had no padding, grass, or sand as a safe floor, I would not let my small child play on it. Because, ultimately, I am responsible for my child's safety & well-being. Cut and dry.

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Permalink Reply by Linda Sasasa on May 5, 2009 at 11:34am

I think these play areas need to be as safe as possible with padded flooring and guards around poles that should not be climbed but I also think that the parents bear some responsibility - these play areas are not meant to be babysitters while mom or dad talks on the cell phone or reads the paper or chats with friends. They need to watch their children in all situations.

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Permalink Reply by Patty Mosso on July 18, 2009 at 3:26am

If it says Play at your own risk, Then the Parents are. IF its an out door play area. Like a park. You are. And I belive , That all parents should watch there kids, So if something happens it should be on the parent, Unless. Its something that happened due to broken Play sets or what not.,
Patty M

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