[Wormius]

I think some of you guys are being overly sentimental. There are still lots of unsafe, gravelly, hard-surfaced, death traps at schools and playgrounds all over the country. Quit acting like they're all gone and nothing resembles your childhood. There all sorts of ways for our kids to chip their teeth, concuss themselves, or break bones if they want to in a playground. Realistically, with the small exception of some playgrounds having soft surfaces and no more tetherball, nothing has changed.