Fast Food Playlands: Now With Less Fun and More Fecal Matter

This just reminds me of playing in these as a kid. Once I stepped in poop (lucky I was wearing socks), and another time I crawled threw something wet (who knows what it was). I also had someone steal my new shoes once. Around the age of maybe 6 or 7 I stopped playing in these because they grossed me out.

This is one of the things my daughter is not allow to go on. We don't do playroom at fast food restaurants because they are full of germs and dirt. I don't do bouncing castles because I seen kids have their nose broken and blood all over the place. I try to stay from situations like these that can cause a problem. My daugther gets mad but I am doing for her own good.

Zodiak that is just plain offensive, im sure you dont have children or you wouldnt be saying stuff like that about others peoples children. if and when you ever have children im sure yous will be just like everyone else's if not worse

Zodiak that is just plain offensive, im sure you dont have children or you wouldnt be saying stuff like that about others peoples children. if and when you ever have children im sure yous will be just like everyone else's if not worse

Maybe if parents would actually think instead of blindly accepting and potty train their children BEFORE the age of 2 or 3 (or older) this wouldn't happen. Think, people. When women had to hand wash cloth diapers (often daily) do you think they really let their kids crap themselves for 3 years? If you don't use abusive, punitive measures to potty train, there is NO psychological harm in beginning toilet training soon after your child begins to walk. I was 100% day time trained by 18 months, and I'm employed, successful, and happy-no neurosis here.

Maybe if parents would actually think instead of blindly accepting and potty train their children BEFORE the age of 2 or 3 (or older) this wouldn't happen. Think, people. When women had to hand wash cloth diapers (often daily) do you think they really let their kids crap themselves for 3 years? If you don't use abusive, punitive measures to potty train, there is NO psychological harm in beginning toilet training soon after your child begins to walk. I was 100% day time trained by 18 months, and I'm employed, successful, and happy-no neurosis here.

This is why I never let my kids play in these!!!

This is one thing that parents of all kinds should take note. I'm normally exasperated with the fear-mongering and skewed perceptions, but feces are definitely where the line should be drawn. Soil is an amalgam of biological and non-biological stuff, the bad stuff diluted by neutral or good stuff. Feces is, well, unadulterated crap.

remember the story about the boy who got stuck with a needle at in a ballpit
He was brought home and ended up dying because the mcdonalds didnt clean the pit

They removed EVERY LAST PLAYLAND from our city because they were finding heroin needles and other crap in them. It's just scary.

We don't let our kids play in the fast food playgrounds. They have only ever done it once (it was with Grandpa and Grandma) and we weren't with them. Cleanliness is one of the top reasons, and I am not a germaphobe, but I have read too many stories about gross things that are found on and in them. The thing that tipped the scale for me completely was when a friend of our was letting her daughter play in the of them and an older boy (unsupervised by his parents) exposed himself to her. After that we decided that we would not let our kids play in those things ever. We have a perfectly good playstructure here at home and lots of parks to go to.

I wont take my niece inside these things. But then again I think of all of the times I used to play in them as a child. The ball pit at Chuck E' Cheese was like home away from home in my pre-k years and I turned out all right. Sure I caught the occasional seasonal cold growing up, but nothing more than that. So it goes back to worry versus reality of how much of the prevenative steps creates a bigger problem by kids not building up an immunity to things, and viruses mutating to the point that our strongest antibiotics wont work. Im all for cleanliness, and the idea of whats in those things creeps be out, But, how much is being over-protective, and something a little soap and water after the fact could take care of?

Ok this happened to me when my son was potty training , we were at chucky cheese and he pooped his pants but he had shorts on and it dropped right out on the floor. I cleaned it up then told the manager so someone could deep clean it. It was so embarassing

You pick up your dogs poop,so pick up your child's poop. Children are just like dogs anyway. In dogs are cleaner and love you more than a bratty child.

Me personally, I think the parent should clean up the child's mess. I understand the mall/facility should have a cleaning routine just like any other, but they should not have to pick up a child's poop.

This happened where we are and we haven't let our kids go back since. It's amazing how quickly a new playset will turn to crap (literally and figuratively). These areas are disgusting and malls should take better care of their equipment.

once my sister found a DEAD MOUSE in one when we were little. EW.