posted on July 27, 2010

Porter: Playground politics are unfair

By: Catherine Porter
Published: July 10, 2010
Source: The Star

Thorncliffe Park has more little kids than any other neighbourhood in the city. Its elementary school is bursting with six times the students enrolled at most junior schools. A whole wing is dedicated to kindergarten kids — 600 in total.

So you'd think the neighbourhood's main park would be flush with jungle gyms, slides, sand pits — things little kids love to play on, while their sleep-deprived parents sip coffee on nearby benches and gaze foggily into the middle distance.

I call them mental health machines.

Not so.

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