Knee scrapes no longer seem part of being a kid
By Doug McIntyre, Los Angeles Daily News Childhood is a bloody business. Last week two school districts in Washington, Spokane and Richmond, eliminated schoolyard swing sets after 7-year-old Stormy Solis suffered a fatal head injury at Fishers Landing Elementary in Vancouver. “Swings have been determined to be the most unsafe of all playground equipment,” said Steve Aagard, communications director for the Richland School District. In addition to garden variety skinned knees, ouchies and boo-boos, 200,000…
