tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post762178768672428923..comments2023-10-11T04:09:53.564-07:00Comments on materfamilias writes: Paris horror in the playground!materfamiliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-63629635234003933762009-06-29T09:02:17.597-07:002009-06-29T09:02:17.597-07:00Cybill: I think many school-age kids would have fu...Cybill: I think many school-age kids would have fun giggling about the nudity! If I were designing a pre-schoolers' playground, I have to admit I would choose something much less gruesome and bloody to excite the imaginations, but I agree that we sanitize to a fault. Mostly, I'm amused at how clearly the scene illustrates a cultural difference.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-50308823333993722692009-06-29T01:40:23.695-07:002009-06-29T01:40:23.695-07:00My children would love that sculpture (I think the...My children would love that sculpture (I think the naked bum would impress them the most unfortunately!). Its a beautiful object and totally appropriate to me in a playground, full of childrens imaginations and fantasies. Don't imagine I'll ever see a sculpture like that in a playground around here though, they are too chock full of safety devices and rubber matting to fit in some art!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-27906251761993309102009-06-28T07:52:21.406-07:002009-06-28T07:52:21.406-07:00Karen: I agree, it's pretty funny (and notably...Karen: I agree, it's pretty funny (and notably, none of the kids seem to be "hysterical" ;-)<br />Tiffany: I'm with you on not going back to the way things were when I was young. I prefer that middle ground which protects children's sensibilities to some degree but without flattening life's excitements completely.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-75100824754079001472009-06-27T19:45:48.804-07:002009-06-27T19:45:48.804-07:00When I was a child we used to visit the Tiger Balm...When I was a child we used to visit the Tiger Balm Gardens in Singapore, which were full of really hideous depictions of torture and the like. I know some kids found it terrifying, but most of us were just fascinated and enjoyed being 'grossed out' - and I do think children are more able to separate image from reality than we sometimes give them credit for. Plus they can be gruesome little beasts. Having said that, I wouldn't actually take mine to see some of the things I saw as a child ... I think there is a middle ground.Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536212906241844509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-767797731159403502009-06-27T09:20:33.440-07:002009-06-27T09:20:33.440-07:00This is hysterical.This is hysterical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-21252460855048184812009-06-26T22:12:45.516-07:002009-06-26T22:12:45.516-07:00Gina: Pretty ferocious, isn't it!
Alison: Yes,...Gina: Pretty ferocious, isn't it!<br />Alison: Yes, yet another blogger meeting -- I can't wait! <br />I'm not sure I'd want to go as far as placing this gory statue in a playground, but I do agree with you that we've sanitized our children's lives a few steps too far.<br />Duchesse: As I said to Alison, I tend to agree with you too, although I'm glad that mine are reasonably cautious kids. It seems to me that the ones who live for that edge can't realistically be protected from it forever by narrowing the bars on cribs and forbidding glass bottles and insisting on bike helmets and putting signs at every dangerous swimming spot, etc., etc., etc.,<br />Nancy: Yes, I'll say hi to Pseu from you.<br />Imogen: I'm so looking forward to meeting her.<br /><br />And to all of you: You're very good guessers!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-87240828811986560662009-06-26T20:36:58.655-07:002009-06-26T20:36:58.655-07:00Have fun with Pseu - she's gorgeous and so lov...Have fun with Pseu - she's gorgeous and so lovely.Imogen Lamport, AICI CIPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796095692232856223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-64409964184141827022009-06-26T14:43:45.564-07:002009-06-26T14:43:45.564-07:00Oh, I'm jealous! Give my regards to Deja Pseu....Oh, I'm jealous! Give my regards to Deja Pseu.NancyDaQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609215745927535353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-21709802875773462302009-06-26T12:21:59.706-07:002009-06-26T12:21:59.706-07:00Oh am I envious of your lunch! TAKE PHOTOS!
Agre...Oh am I envious of your lunch! TAKE PHOTOS! <br /><br />Agree with Indigo16, the playgrounds here are so sanitized and risk free that kinds wander around scuffing their shoes and looking for fun. No more terrifying head-draped-over edge as merry go round spun deleriously. No edge, no thrills, no fun.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-80623045690781480332009-06-26T11:02:01.194-07:002009-06-26T11:02:01.194-07:00OMG Can't believe you are meeting yet another ...OMG Can't believe you are meeting yet another blogger!<br />I am firmly in the French camp. We shield too much from our children. Life is not a bed of roses and the brothers Grimm were very good at getting that message across.<br />I feel children are much tougher than adults because they invariably feel they are immortal and have no real sense of consequence. This I feel comes with age.<br />Life is not sugar coated and if children were more aware of this they would be less dissapointed once they grew up.<br />I hope you have a lovely time with Une Femme.indigo16https://www.blogger.com/profile/16982477144454205765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904021173466473381.post-10486989295671645742009-06-26T08:40:33.808-07:002009-06-26T08:40:33.808-07:00Wow! That's a little nightmare-inducing for me...Wow! That's a little nightmare-inducing for me, so I can't imagine that children find it all that comforting.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631687084204022574noreply@blogger.com