Adults without children won’t be allowed at Palm Beach County playgrounds
[FAC NOTE: This is actually a really good policy. Why would ANYONE not having a valid reason to be on a playground, school or daycare have a reason to be there?]
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — In an effort to increase safety in Palm Beach County, commissioners unanimously approved an amended change to the county’s parks and recreation ordinance.
Officials said the revision will strengthen provisions related to children’s safety on playgrounds at county parks.
Palm Beach County Mayor Robert Weinroth announced this week that the new regulation prohibits adults 18 years or older from entering or remaining in a designated children’s play area unless the adult is supervising and/or accompanying children that are 12 years old or younger.
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We are all still waiting for some good news FAC, not this B.S. that you spit at us while our fingers are crossed. We all know the ex post facto case will be thrown out and no changes made. This is a well oiled machine here in Fl. By far the most user friendly, best, streamlined website in the country. Where every other state makes you at least go through a cumbersome letter sequence, in Fl, you need no checks to get into the site. Let’s take pride in having the best designed site in the country, and not false hopes that we have endured for years and years now.
‘We all know the ex post facto case will be thrown out’ You do realize the case was authorized to proceed, right?
I sense anger at FAC for something, it’s unclear what.
Kenneth, I read a lot of cynicism and hopelessness in your post. Being on the registry is tough and the setbacks can be tough. Keep moving forward. Don’t give up, don’t lose faith. It takes a great amount of courage to keep trudging forward. None of us know what will happen in court. Open public discussion is still one of the best ways to advance the abolition of the registry.
I have no issues with this being a parent. Yet, it does have an underlying problem that is a bigger issue than I think people recognize. “It takes a village”. Popularized at one time to say parents weren’t good enough to raise their children without help. The reliance on things like this, or a registry to see who lives near you, contributes to lazy parenting. Society creates these “safe zones” and parents automatically assume everything is fine I don’t have to monitor my children. Theme parks are a primary example of this, kids running wild barely any parental supervision. I have a child I take to the park regularly, I’m allowed to where I live, I monitor his playing and other parents do the same for the most part. So under this, how many adults per child? Since 90% or so victims are abused by someone they know and not on the registry, this doesn’t sound like it contributed to child safety at all. Again, I have no issues with it, but I see problems with the idea and potential implementation.
Fellow FAC members, hate to disappoint you, but you’re too big for the playground equipment.
I believe these regs refer to very small areas in the park that are crammed with children and play equipment. At least, that’s how I’ve seen it done elsewhere. Palm Beach County is not the first.
And for the first time, the county is implicitly acknowledging that both registered and non-registered adults are at a similar risk level. Isn’t that what we’ve been trying to tell them all along?
I think this is a win for us because all adults are treated equally under this law, and barring other prohibitions, would permit registrants with children to have access to these public resources for their families.
If an adult wants to play on the jungle gym, they can go find an American Ninja Warrior course.
I do not see an issue with this. It says playgrounds not the park itself. When my kids turned 8 they had a soccer ball and they were off to explore the sport; and we never went to a playground.
I find it hard to find any reason for an adult, who is not there with their kids, family member’s kids etc,, to be at a playground.
I find this is more of a “why would an adult be at a playground alone period then it being about public safety; it is common sense. If we ever want the courts and govt to look at us and apply common sense, we should do the same.
This is actually or should be a common ground issue and it would be cool if FAC formally supported this common sense ordinance. By doing so it make our objections more powerful.
It might be said it was done on good intentions but at the same time as Americans we are being slowly stripped of our freedoms. I see the safety concerns valued here but at the same time several years ago the news did a story on a guy the was denied entrance to Legoland because he didn’t have a qualifying child with him but he did have his adult daughter attending. He was a huge fan of Legos. The news showed he had hundreds of Legos at home and Starwars ships built. This is what I see is be seen as guilty till proven innoscent. Where does it stop?
FAC – Your “note”, please tell me that is sarcasm.
Always be afraid, the boogie man is lurking around the corner. You must live in fear….give me a break. So young adults out riding bikes can’t cool off at the splash pad. I can tell you me and my girlfriends wouldn’t think twice of taking advantage of splash pad and we are pushing 60. This is so stupid. And so wrong. There are splash pads at public pools for goodness sake, And what about adults that have the mental capacity of a child? No swinging on the swing for them. This is beyond ridiculous.