Soft play area

[Bluefrog26]

Just wanted to know how everyone felt about adults going in to soft play area with their children?

Is the problem that adults are too big, and more likely to accidentally squash a toddler?

There does seem to be a lot of bodily collision in soft play, which is okay among little kids but might not work out so well if one collider is an adult.

I always go in with my 2 year old. We chuck balls at each other in the ball pit for 20 minutes or so then I slope off for a cuppa and leave him to learn to survive the laws of the jungle.

I think so Koala some soft plays are very compact to say the least as, after all they aren't designed for adults to go in.

Yes, the ones I go to that don't allow adults is from the safety point of view of adults accidentally standing on a child or whatever.

I'm another whose child wouldn't go in if there were other parents in there, she'd find it intimidating, I think she'd feel like she had wandered into some private gathering that she shouldn't be at. But she's happy enough with the staff because she knows they're meant to be there.

Adults in there aren't colliding with anyone. They are supervising. My child could not have gone in without someone who knows him well, with him.

They do sometimes collide with children without meaning to. Purely because they are way too big to be in there.
It hinders some children's enjoyment when there's an unknown adult.

Our local soft play has a section for babies (up to 12 months) and non walkers. The rest of the play structure is for little toddlers up to 12 years - there is no section just for smaller children. My daughter is just turned two - I'm not letting her get trampled and unable to even see her to rescue her if she was in trouble (it is a huge play area over a large space with trampolines up on different levels).

Well I would expect places that didn't allow parents in to make exceptions in the case where a child has sn.

Are we talking about the same kind of place? All the soft plays near me are this type. There's no way I'd let 4 year old DS in there on his own. We'd never see him again.

If a child collides in an adult, it means the child is not careful and paying attention, and would trample a younger one. Even in a soft play, there is no need to push everybody out of the way. Too bad if it spoils some little bully's enjoyment, they have to learn to respect others.

It's the only reason I go to soft play - I love it and sadly there is no such thing as soft play for adults

same here JumpingJelly, and I think adults should supervise kids in these!

It was more the adult colliding with a child I was worried about.

We used to go to a mixture of soft play places, some huge big warehouse type places down to some very small ones in garden centres etc.

helpmebuystuff

adults only evening are starting to be more popular, there might be some sessions in your area

Yes Jumping that's the sort of soft play I'm talking about.

I can't honestly say I've thought all that much about it because it's just normal to me that adults don't go on the equipment.

it makes me feel uneasy when I know there are adults in there and I can't see what's going on

Why? What do you think they are doing?

I've gone into the soft play, my husband's gone into the soft play, I've never whipped my kids out if I saw other adults in the soft play. If you can get past the germs that must be rife in the ball pit then what else is there to worry about?

what are makes feel uneasy?

We've always thought what fools they are. It's for kids not adults.

I went to a soft play for adults recently. Alcoholic drinks and vertical slides made for an eye opener! Lots of gen parties

*hen