Summer is the time children spend more time outside than ever before.
From catching lightning bugs to swimming to playing on outdoor playground equipment. Many parents, child care providers and others take for granted that children are playing on safe playground equipment. A recent research report suggests that many playgrounds pose serious threats. The report, released this month by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and the Consumer Federation of America, cited hard playground surfaces, equipment that was too high, openings that could entrap children and swings that were too close together as major threats on America's playgrounds. In fact, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, one of every 17 children injured on our nation's playgrounds dies from their injuries sustained there.