Parents not competent to watch their own children...
...at least according to the UK government. A town "adventure playground" recently banned all adults who has not had a criminal background check -- including the parents of kids at the playground. Awesome.
``Council Mayor Dorothy Thornhill argued they are merely enforcing government policy at the play areas, in Vicarage Road and Leggatts Way. She said: "Sadly, in today's climate, you can't have adults walking around unchecked in a children's playground and the adventure playground is not a meeting place for adults. ''
By "today's climate" I can only imagine she must mean the drastically lowered crime rate we have now verses "the past"...