To think that parents should take more care in a children's play centre?

[annec555]

We sometimes go to a big children's indoor play centre. We tend to go first thing on a weekend morning as it is quiet until about 10.30. There is a cafe area with a big main play area and a separate baby/toddler area and quite a lot of space to walk around in between the areas. I have noticed that many of the parents, usually those with older children, are incredibly careless about the little ones and barrel around the place playing with their own children, and toddlers are quite often knocked over or have to be pulled out of the way. Even in the baby/toddler area, quite a lot of the parents manage to knock over the wobbly just-walking babies while clambering about with their more confident toddlers. There are a lot of "oops, didn't see him down there" comments.
I am particulary miffed about this after a dad came belting past us while my 14 month old was standing holding onto a chair just after I had put his coat on to go home, knocked him flat and nearly fell on top of him, kicking him in the head in the process. "Oops, I didn't see him".
If you are at a play centre for children, particularly around the baby area, am I being unreasonable to think that you should probably be keeping an eye around floor level?!
Or is it every man/child for himself?

maybe parents should supervise their own children better?? thats my observation of these places anyway...

YANBU. This is why I avoid these places.

Dragonfly68 - my son was standing right next to me holding on to my chair when he was flattened. I had just straightened up from putting his coat on.
I agree there is often a lack of supervision of older children, but generally the parents of the very small children are sitting right with them when other parents step on them. I have very rarely seen small toddlers and babies unattended.
On the one occasion where a little boy of about 18 months was left on his own in the baby area while his nanny went off for a chat with her friends, the other parents in the area sent a search party out!
It just seems that it never crosses some people's minds to look at floor level.

yanbu some adults are just big feckless children

YANBU. Its obvious there will be small children in the toddler area and people should slow down and be careful!

On a similar note, my 4 year old was nearly flattended by a Dad recently. I believe the Dad had not checked the "taller than this and you can't play" chart. He wasn't even with his own kids!

i used to run bouncy castle sessions, some of the dads really went loopy on them. i think they're play deprived.

Annec, I am interested in your response to his "ooops" I know what mine would have been

YADNBU. Fortunately I haven't seen this myself - but I'd be livid if someone had done that to my DS! Bloody stupid git.

I think I managed two completely different expressions simultaneously on different sides of my face. Concerned and sympathetic towards trampellee while "are you thick?" expression towards trampeller.

I was actually terribly British and stiff upper lip about it. "No, no, he is fine. Honestly - he always screams hysterically like that. Really, the bruise will fade in no time. Are you sure his nasty hard head didn't hurt your shoe?" Well, perhaps not quite that British about it!

YANBU. People should expect little ones to be at play areas and should look out for them. They also need to teach their children the same. The amount of times I have seen DS shoved out of the way as the older ones wanted to get past as they were quicker. Pisses me right off.

I've found people to be really careful at my local play centre in my deprived east end part of London. The children can be over excited but parents pretty good. I would be pissed off...yes.

I have never yet made it to one of these places, for the above reasons. Fills me with horror, for so many reasons!