Going to a playground without children?

I have seen a video like that, it seemed like a staged one. Often if there is shouting it is not real just for likes

I think it’s odd but could be a valid reason. Saying that I also thing a mums gut instinct is mostly correct! Yesterday I was at a park and there were a few random men just loitering about the kids play area (not inside) they had no dogs or kids or anything and I didn’t like it.

Our local play park is halfway up a hill that separates the local newsagents/post office/minimart from the houses at the edge of the village. Lots of people of both sexes sit and watch the children play while they rest before the rest of the their walk.

it would be considered odd here to be suspicious of anyone sitting there.

The thought of it actually makes me smile as it's funny to read 'adults' at the end of 'no unaccompanied'. Of course if they do have that sign it's not for happy reasons but it still makes me chuckle.

Not where I live. I've never seen a sign saying no unaccompanied adults.

Playgrounds always have a sign saying 'no unaccompanied adults' in my experience. If the adult is there is a child, or meeting a family with a child, then fine, otherwise they should find a bench outside of the playground. I have never known a park without them.

It's not ok to harass someone just for sitting on a bench, that's hardly a crime. Obviously if they were filming kids or acting inappropriately that would be different.

Nothing weird, especially if benches are there and the adult was eating lunch, reading a book; they could be waiting for a friend or not..
I would call Police if photos were being taken or if it were a man who was staring at the children inappropriately.

We can all sit wherever we want - surely?!

I can’t believe this post.. insane

Leave the woman alone she can sit wherever she wants! Jesus. What’s the world coming too. Unless the woman is harming you or your child then leave her be. Clearly got to much going on upstairs to confront and record a random woman!

There’s a bench at the edge of the playing field in the village where I grew up. A few years ago the council put some playground equipment in (yay!) next to the bench and erected a fence round the both. Are people seriously suggesting that adults shouldn’t be allowed to sit on the bench anymore to watch the cricket/football because there’s a climbing frame next to it?

If I am honest, I do find it a bit odd.
The only time I'd ever consider doing that is if I felt so unwell/tired that I had to sit, and there was nowhere else suitable.

Are you not going to be watching your children in this fictional playground?

Fucks sake. The old nonce on every corner narrative. Grow up and stop reading the daily mail.

Who cares if you like it or not though? It's up to you not to go there if you don't like it, not somebody else to be moved on.

As a mum to two moody teenage boys I do sometimes sit in the park and watch the little ones play. They are so delightful, the excitement and the reactions everything is fun and I remember when mine were little and reacted in the same way. I miss those days but I certainly don’t have any bad intentions it is just a reminder of days gone by.

Most people would probably believe I sit in play parks on my own but actually I let my daughters walk on ahead and I just sit quietly so I’m there if they need me while giving them a bit of independence so it’s not always what it seems

The song is not about a pedophile - it's a story of homelessness and how society deals with it and about how people see him.
Inspired by a photograph Ian Anderson's wife took of a homeless man.

The world has gone mad when a woman can't sit and watch children play. I used to walk past a school playground going to get lunch some working days, the sheer energy (and noise) was amazing and I would dawdle and maybe pause for a second or two just to watch. Probably a hanging offence by now.

If there were limited sitting places and mum's wanted them fair enough to give the seat up to them, or if it was crowded and you were going to be in the way find a seat or watch from outside. Adults using the equipment, even if it was quiet no way. But if the rules say only adults with children are allowed in then that's the rules and people should obey them.

Although not according to the creator of the video and all the comments from people agreeing she was right to confront the woman.

I think this comes under the category of "its fine if a woman does it, but weird if a man does it".

My town has a very large park which has a playground at each end. The park itself doesn't have very many benches so I have in the past used the benches in the playgrounds.

I wonder if the woman felt safer in the playground than in the open park or maybe she loves kids and likes to watch them play or maybe, she is lonely. Any number of reasons she could be there.

I would be much more worried about a man sat in the playground, however, which could be completely irrational of me!