Comments about ‘Child's play(ground): Electronic playground in Layton already seems to be a hit’

It would have been HELPFUL if Mr Dougherty would have included in his report just what it COSTS (?) to visit this park.....
Why intice people somewhere & offer NO information that would be necessary for people to KNOW?
Irritating!

Sounds fun!! We should have one in are high school!!

...metal bars at all kinds of angles, that kids are going to try to climb on, with electronics attached?

Let's NOT build another one, until we see how this one works two yeas past the warranty date.

Pat makes a good point. It is outrageous that a local city would install this sort of electronic device that defeats the very purpose of playgrounds. Historically, playgrounds were designed to encourage physicall activity and to strengthen the young people of this Country. Now, Layton has installed a playground that, by its very nature, encourages young people to become physically inactive and lazy. This is not a good thing for society.

Absolutely free - this is a public park in Layton.

Pat, what do you mean, what it costs. It is in a city park. It costs nothing but your gas to drive there. I saw it lit up one night and drove over to see older kids playing all over the structure. They love it. It is down Hill Field road in Layton. Once you hit 2200 West turn left just past the new junior high, which is beautiful, it is just north of that. No cost, lots of fun!

It's a public park. There is no cost. Look at the pictures, there are no gates or ticket booths surrounding this thing. It costs free dollars.

John Charity Spring, did you read the article? It doesn't sound to me like this playground encourages physical inactivity and laziness. The kids are running, stretching, jumping, and balancing. Sounds fun!

I visited this park last night with my 15-year-old daughter and aside from the mosquitos, I had quite a lot of fun and I'm nearly 50 years old.

John Charity, did you read the story?Clearly the playground is not encouraging physical inactivity and laziness! "After setting up the game for the number of players and hitting "go," the girls and boys rushed around hitting orange buttons to turn off blinking lights.

Only after getting in a good hour of play did they realize they were exercising, too.

"I never thought about it," Smith said. "I didn't notice. It was the funnest exercising thing I've ever done."

Games call for running, jumping, climbing, stretching and balance, which require the use of various groups of muscles

Okay John, I usually don’t comment on stories but you obviously didn’t really read the story. Your statement “now Layton has installed a playground that, by its very nature, encourages young people to become physically inactive and lazy,” is a crock! If you actually read through the entire article you would have saw how they talked about the fact that the playground encourages children to move quickly, stretch, etc. and that the kids are running around playing games without really realizing they are exercising, means just that. This new playground encourages activity!!!

"Targets 14-17 year olds"

But can older adults play too? Is there an age limit?

Can my 4 year old play on it?

I want that high score. Fastest person in Layton. That's a title I can live with.

Re: John C. Spring

This playground DOES encourage physical activity and it is fun for the early teens as well. You didn't pay much attention to the article and you haven't seen it for yourself. I've been there and to play the fun games requires exercise. This is a revolutionary idea.

...electronics and activity. Let's face it: as much as we wish our kids (and often ourselves) would be more physically active, we have to face the reality that we have consistently been becoming more of a "push-button" society for the last few decades. I don't think pushing buttons is bad. It's the sitting all day in front of a screen while pushing those buttons that causes the problems. If this playground can truly get kids off the couch and active, then I'm all for the buttons and lights! Plus they're interacting with real flesh-and-blood people in the real world! If the thing proves to be heavy-duty enough to hold up to normal playground abuse, then put 'em in across the country!

Sounds great, but $135,000?!!! Isn't that a bit pricey?

This is such a great playground!! It is "School Age" equipment but we have seen anywhere from walking age to grandparents play on it!!! This should be at every playground in America!!

I just was there but me and my family had no idea how to set up and play on it?

I'm proud of Brock Hill for taking the initiative to find new and innovative ways to motivate a generation of video gamers to be outside enjoying physical exercise, friendly associations and the great outdoors! Bravo Hill!!! We need more of this in our communities. (I've heard that there are only a few of these inventive playgrounds in the U.S. so be grateful Layton you may even set a precidence.)

I live in Scotland and am thinking of building an electric playground but so far I've found very few suppliers wpuld you mind emailing me the suppliers name and website of this new playgroundl.