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Felt a bit guilty this afternoon.

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felice Sat 20-Oct-18 17:25:07

I took DGS to the play are in Parc Royale here today. A really nice big, well maintained playground.
I got comfortable on a bench in the sun, 21°, leaves still green on the trees.
Picnic sorted DGS having a great time, made instant friends with a little boy visiting from Eygpt.
Got my glasses and my book(paper) out.
Then realised that no adult in a very busy park was on a phone,,,,none at all.
You can hear DGS from half a mile, dd the same, no volume control at all. It is an enclosed parc for young children very safe.
I felt really guilty that I was about to relax and get a couple of chapters in when all the Mums and Dads were interacting with their Children.
Ouch.

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Lyndiloo Tue 23-Oct-18 03:26:25

I wouldn't physically hover, but my eyes certainly would! There's no way, no matter how 'safe' the playground was purported to be, I would have my head in a book!

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moggie57 Tue 23-Oct-18 11:06:50

I'not sure i feel comfortable to read a book while gc are running around talking to strange people./child.its so easy to lead a child away while you are reading a book. my eyes would be glued on the gc.....but then again i dont know what sort of playground you were at.

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Chucky Tue 23-Oct-18 14:09:56

Just re read your post Felice
You can hear dgs from half a mile
I really do hope you were exaggerating and dgs really wasn’t that far away????

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Daddima Fri 26-Oct-18 17:17:34

Slightly off topic, but my friend’s neighbour had had a baby, and her father came down to Brighton to lend a hand. He took his three year old granddaughter to the park to let his daughter have a rest. Shortly after they arrived his granddaughter started to cry for her mum. Granddad was trying to pacify her when the polis arrived, having been contacted by other people in the park!

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