AIBU to think nursery staff should not cordon off a public playground?

You are missing the point that this is actually a serious situation involving children, the safety of the nursery children and other children. But yes let's agree to disagree and your point is not even a point in this discussion.

Look let's just agree to disagree on this one yes because its getting tiring having to keep explaining myself over and over. Btw rolling eyes emoji real mature!

You have completely missed the point of the thread 🙄

Go report my comment then if it offends you so much!

It's an OP to find out what the OP can do about this. You should be concerned the ropes are actually a hazard for children and should be reported, the fact ropes are used proves the fact the nursery children aren't being properly cared for while playing. This is actually a serious matter and you have tried to railroad it with things that are no concern to this thread.

Its got to do with the fact that some people actually think that missing out on a day in the park is like the end of the world i just pointed out that there are lot worse things going on in this world than that and no need for the attitude if you don't like my comment then just move on!

Right ok so this site is supposed to be about voicing an opinion one of which not everyone will like but ultimately everyone's right to do so, so unless you are running the site yourself then you don't get to tell me what I can and can't post id say that's up to who to admins or whoever runs it wouldn't you? 🙄

They cannot do this so i’d he firing off some emails to the council & nearby nurseries. I’d have told them my child wanted to use certain equipment so ask them to remove the chains etc.

The purpose of this op is not about abuse.

Talk about entitlement!
They shouldn’t have done this.

bloody hll what has other children being abused got to do with this

Right ok if you can read something like that about other children being so much worse off and im talking abuse of a high level here and still go on about a missed day at the playground like it's the end of the world then im wasting my time and you need to get a grip

If they were locking the gates and roping off a fireman’s pole, etc etc, then this playground is obviously too inappropriate and dangerous for the children at their daycare.
You should go back a few times and see if you can’t run into them again and find out their particulars - then take whatever action you feel is appropriate.
I’m in California and this would get shut down in about 5 minutes, although I’ve never heard of it happening here before. Ever.

You can't support unreasonable behaviour on the basis that some people have it worse!

Oh, hello nursery owner. Taking over play equipment in a public place is not ok despite how you see it.

I have seen plenty of suffering of children but that’s irrelevant here.

the nursery don’t own the playground so they can’t dictate who uses it.

Yeah she probably would be upset about it but I wouldn't be pissed off about it though she would just have to go another day. Id teach her that these things happen and find something else to do just as fun .Im sorry but i just don't see why anyone would make such a big deal out of this like i said it's not the end of the world there's children out there with nothing and nobody to care for them and I've seen that for myself first hand and trust me it's awful, so missing out on a day in the park im sorry compared to the problems some people have it's kind of minor isn't it

So if you had said to your child “let’s go to the park” and got there and found someone else had decided to take it all over you wouldn’t be pissed off?

it’s a public space and nobody can claim it as their own

You're entitled to your opinion as am i im sure its not the end of the world if the child can't use the playground for one day most people would realise that and get over it it's hardly world problems is it 🤦

Why should OP have waited until they have gone? They shouldn't have been roping off equipment anyway. No I wouldn't have been ok for my child to be in this nursery group., if the playground isn't safe for them without roping off they shouldn't have gone. In this situation I would have removed my child from the nursery and reported them for not providing safeguarding for my child.

If the place wasn’t safe for the children they shouldn’t have taken them. They can’t just decide to restrict access for others!

Depends how long they were there for i understand they needed to safeguard the children and that may have caused some inconvenience to you but unless they were there all day i don't see what the problem is couldn't you have just waited until they were gone? Im pretty sure if it was one of your children in that particular nursery they were safeguarding you would have been more than fine with it 🤷

What they are doing seems very unreasonable to me.
My daughters pre school sometimes take them to the public playground just outside their building and before she went there we have been along a couple of times when they have been there. They do put something over the gate latches to stop the kids being able to open them but the staff kept an eye out and as soon as they saw us approaching (before I had even seen the latches) they came over and opened the gates for us so it was clear they were making sure everyone knew they could come in. There are some parts in that playground for much older children and at no point did they see the need to close off any of it though, staff just kept an eye and encouraged the kids away from some things or supported them if they wanted to try.
If you can’t keep the kids safe in a playground built for kids I would be pretty concerned about the staff’s ability/numbers to be honest.

Round here you need a licence to walk dogs professionally in most of the parks and there is a limit to how many. Most people don't personally own loads of dogs that the number is a problem - the rules were brought in because of the dog walkers.

This is what a council near to me require