Don’t you hate it when things are in places they aren’t supposed to be? Bikers on car roads, 80-year-old men in the White House, or … children in parks?
Arlington, Massachusetts, has diagnosed such a “problem,” as residents have complained that too many preschool and day care children are using the park. The city has decided that the solution to this “problem” is to start charging preschools and day cares based on the hours they use the park. Arlington’s Recreation Department director said the intention is not to financially burden these schools or day cares.
Oh, well, if that is the “intention.”
It certainly seems silly to think that people are complaining about children being in parks, given the fact that depriving children of outdoor activities during the pandemic was a bit of a big deal. It also seems silly given that, you know, parks are for children. The swing sets and rope bridges aren’t there for appearances. Apparently, Arlington begs to differ as it begs for money from preschools for daring to use those parks.
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Regardless of the “intention,” this will be a financial burden on preschools and day cares who dare to try and help children get some time to play outside. They will have to either stop using those parks or start increasing costs for parents to continue to use them. All of this for what, exactly? To show those children who’s boss on the playground?
This bizarre anti-child mindset is usually reserved for sad pockets of social media, but when it rears its ugly head in city and local government, this is the result. You end up with children being charged to use playground equipment or being priced out of using it at all. At that point, you might as well pave over the park and make it a parking lot so the complaining adults can finally get what they want.