There are so few places left where kids can push themselves physically, says Beck Vass. Photo / Supplied
The children's playground at Tauranga Crossing has been unexpectantly closed, sparking ire about "cotton-wool parents".
Tauranga-based New Zealand Herald lifestyle writer Beck Vass wrote in an opinion piece, calling out over-protective parents as the cause of the shutdown.
"Signs at the playground read: 'We value customer feedback and
we are making some changes. The Garden will reopen soon, thank you for your patience'," Vass writes.
"In other words, some precious whingers have made the mall re-do the playground because they don't want their cotton wool-wrapped kids to fall down that little slope, or the steps."
She called for parents to stop being overprotective of their children, saying that injuries were a natural part of rough and tumble play.
