To not be a helicopter mummy at soft play?

[WelshMaenad]

I'm at soft play with dc's (6 and 2). There's a sign on the large play frame saying under threes can use it if ACCOMPANIED by an adult. There are parents actually following their perfectly capable toddlers through foam rollers and sitting in the ball pool.

I am refusing to engage in this madness and am on a sofa with a coffee. I am being glared at as though I were a butcher of small children. DS is part spidermonkey, very capable of negotiating large playframe alone, and I do have a vague idea of where he is. Also, my dd is disabled and probably needs my attention more! AIBU?

I've never gone around with my dc's , played with them on the equipment occasionally but never followed them round. I can hear/see them and will intervene if they are being mean but they have to learn with other kids not with their bloody parents hanging over them at every moment. Same at playgroups etc.

Come school/preschool the teachers/tas won't be supervising every child at every moment so give your kids a break.