to make kids slow down on the roundabout in the playpark?

[HonoriaGlossop]

Ok, I really, really don't know if IAMBU so please feel free to wade in and slap me and tell me I am an overprotective, fussing mother if you think I am.

New roundabout, local park, all very nice, V popular and all the kids gravitate towards it after school so it's always got half a dozen kids hanging all over it, and they spin it SO fast....if a child was to get hit in the head by the metal bars I really think they could get seriously hurt. I also worry about legs getting trapped underneath

I told them to slow it down yesterday or someone was going to get hurt. They did slow down. None of the other mums appeared concerned.

AIBU?

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Ta

could this be the shortest thread ever?

But going fast is the point of roundabouts.

I used to love going on the roundabout really fast as a child, I would try not to worry about it.

if your 2yo is on there and being spun too fast by bigger kids, reasonable

otherwise YABU

they will be fine, look the other way and chat to someone / have a coffee and only turn round if there are screams

I think YABU. I would look the other way if I were you .

Just look the other way.

slap

remember how much fun it was to go fast though and I can only ever remember a few accidents in the park

No - YANBU - especially if any toddlers about. Have witnessed many nasty clunks on head / legs going underneath merrygorounds. Kids don't think about that stuff - why should they?! - that's what grown-ups are for IMO

YAB slightly U.

If none of the other mums seemed bothered it is probably because there was no reason to be concerned.

sorry you're talking about slowing down school-aged kids?

the only time to ask children to take it easy on a roundabout is if there's a baby/toddler on it .. in which case they'll slow it down until said small child leaves

how on earth would a child get hit by a roundabout if they're on it? .. they might fall off but the ground should be soft

YABU .. chill

Spoilsport

yes, sorry, yabu

Ta everyone

the other mums would be laughing at you

My boys were on a roundabout in Italy recently. They are 5 and 3 and they made it go as quickly as they could. Some bloke brought his toddler granddaughter to sit on it and made it go really slowly. Fair enough, but my two sat there having no fun. As soon as it stopped, they ran off to the seesaw. This man actually followed them and put the toddler on the seesaw and spoiled that for them as well.

He then followed them back to the roundabout...
DH and I were amazed.

Anyway, if bigger kids were spinning your small child too quickly, that's reasonable. But really it would be better take your child off it until it's free.

Roundabouts are supposed to spin quickly.

I hated roundabouts as a child. They would make me feel sick.

bloody kids, next they will be sliding on the slide and swinging on the swings

oh don't worry jumpingbeans I will soon put a stop to THAT

Ta everyone, I have taken the point, I do tend toward the overprotective

I think I have an over developed sense of responsibility, I just cannot stop myself seeing hazards and feeling that it is my job to try to avert the dangers that the kids can't know about or won't think about, along the lines of what sparkle said

But I HAVE got the point now, thanks