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482 sats \ 14 comments \ @cryotosensei 10 Aug alter_native

Actually we have many outdoor playgrounds in Singapore, where children can play for free. Take this fire engine-themed playground for instance:

https://m.stacker.news/44960

However, given the assault of global warming, no child and parent in their right minds would play outside under the sweltering sun for an hour. This explains why indoor playgrounds are in vogue and have become part of the parenting manual.

I am gonna let you see photos of three indoor playgrounds, but I bet you won’t be able to tell one from the other. It’s a cookie-cutter model - provide inflatable ball pits, trampolines, gigantic Lego-like plastic blocks, slides, and mock supermarkets. And wait for parents to flock there with their children. Do we Singaporeans just have low standards for an indoor playground, or are these merchants too lazy to come up with unique features that will make their product stand out from the crowd?

https://m.stacker.news/44961 https://m.stacker.news/44962 https://m.stacker.news/44963 https://m.stacker.news/44964 https://m.stacker.news/44965 https://m.stacker.news/44966 https://m.stacker.news/44967

It’s such a pity because so many parents around me are buried in their phones and letting their children run amok. (Obviously, I am one of them.) Could we do things differently?

Could we have pods in which a child can bond with his/her parent over cooperative games? Maybe a simulation game in which I need to stomp on mole rats with my son? Or a Supermarket Sweep-like game, in which I race against the clock to gather several ingredients with my son? We can even incorporate some educational elements, like getting the child to sort out animal toys into the correct categories.

Something, anything that encourages parent-child bonding rather than function as a child deposit centre.

I should work on this idea. Maybe this will make me rich.

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98 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 10 Aug

Could we have pods in which a child can bond with his/her parent over cooperative games? Maybe a simulation game in which I need to stomp on mole rats with my son?

I no longer believe that parents FORCING themselves to play little kid games at length, together with their kids, is a good thing. I don't think it's evolutionarily something that we would have done.

Games that are actually fun for the parents - like card games, board games - sure. And being close to your kids while they play and imagine - sure.

And also having your kids do chores and make things with you, things that they will enjoy and learn from if framed in the right way - absolutely. I'm thinking things like making food together, cleaning the house together, berry-picking, going fishing, doing whatever chores need doing. Etc.

But just playing little kid games with your little children - if you like it, fine. But for some people, if you do it at length it's torture.

Better is playtime with peers.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 11 Aug

I agree with everything you said! I think I’m just irked by the sameness of all these indoor playgrounds and wish that someone has provided something different for us parents.

49 sats \ 2 replies \ @bitcoinfiq 10 Aug freebie

That is great knowing that Singapore has outdoors and indoors playground for children. I wish Indonesia gonna have it too. Thanks for sharing mate

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei OP 11 Aug

Welcome to SN!

N terima kasih. Which part of Indonesia are you from?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoinfiq 11 Aug

I’m from Bali, West Java.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @16d86e9daa 10 Aug

i prefer indoor playground for my kids because it create a safer environment to play and i dont have to worry

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Akg10s33 10 Aug

I think that hiding children from the Sun is not beneficial either... playing outdoors can never be replaced by parks inside a shopping center... we just have to cover our heads and use sunscreen if necessary... play or do Outdoor activities activate our mind. Pure air activates our lungs. Here in Lima, Peru, where I have lived for 7 years, we are in winter and the outdoor parks are wet because of the humidity and the cold is quite strong! However, I shelter my little ones well and let them free on the slide...

2 sats \ 1 reply \ @handsome_latino 10 Aug

True, but Lima is around 20 celsius. Singapore is 30 celsius and incredibly humid. Taipei is 37 degrees.

It's near impossible to be outdoors for too long in many cities of Asia right now :(

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s33 10 Aug

If we see it from that point of view, you are right!! The important thing is that, whether indoors or outdoors, our little ones have a happy childhood... and as a father I am thinking all the time how to improve👍

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @byzantine 10 Aug

in areas that are hot during the summer these types of facilities are life savers for kids. also we enroll in gymnastics during the summer for structured exercise and skill building

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @037aef6755 10 Aug

The main thing is that children like to play in these playgrounds (cages). Adults may not like such structures, but they and don't play there.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheMorningStar 10 Aug

Very true! You've beautifully narrated how smartphone is a disaster ib subtle relationships.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 10 Aug

Do Singapore have so much extra and cheap land that can allow someone to start something like a big indoor playground?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 10 Aug

There are times you just want to dump your kids off and relax. They are young, they can play by themselves or find new friends.