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Hidden : 1/3/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Let’s Play

 

McKee Clan’s cache

 

            Another playground hide, chosen by The eldest boy of the mckee clan. A 10 year olds hide and we thought great place to bring your family. Please remember it is a playground hide and the usual cautions and stealth will be required.

 

FTF – C STF – B TTF – A

 

Please follow the: Description: Description: http://img.groundspeak.com/user/thumb/755ffac7-79cb-4810-aceb-2ca82b8c3a90.jpg

 

Local point of interest

interest – Playground

 

Ever wondered what good playgrounds there are around - www.playgroundfinder.com/listingstate.php?state=sa

 

Is your playground safe?

What a shame cotton wool now comes fun size lol

 

Unintended consequences

 

As a result of what some experts say is overprotectiveness driven by a fear of lawsuits, playgrounds have been designed to be, or at least to appear, excessively safe. This overprotectiveness may protect the playground owner from lawsuits, but it appears to result in a decreased sense of achievement and increased fears in children.

The equipment limitations result in the children receiving less value from the play time. The enclosed, padded, constrained, low structures prevent the child from taking risks and developing a sense of mastery over his or her environment. Successfully taking a risk is empowering to children. For example, a child climbing to the top of a tall jungle gym feels happy about successfully managing the challenging climb to the top, and he experiences the thrill of being in a precarious, high position. By contrast, the child on a low piece of equipment, designed to reduce the incidence of injuries from falls, experiences no such thrill, sense of mastery, or accomplishment. Additionally, a lack of experience with heights as a child is associated with increased acrophobia (fear of heights) in adults.

The appearance of safety encourages unreasonable risk-taking in children, who might take more reasonable risks if they correctly understood that it is possible to break a bone on the soft surfaces under most modern equipment.

Finally, the playground that is designed to appear low-risk is boring, especially to older children. As a result, they tend to seek out alternative play areas, which may be very unsafe.

Risk management is an important life skill, and risk aversion in playgrounds is unhelpful in the long term. Experts studying child development such as Tim Gill have written about the over-protective bias in provision for children, particularly with playgrounds. Instead of a constructed playground, allowing children to play in a natural environment such as open land or a park is sometimes recommended; children gain a better sense of balance playing on uneven ground, and learn to interpret the complexity and signals of nature more effectively.

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For the First to find they will be sent a certificate and a unique FTF path tag sent to you. They are not swapped or given out so the first to find pathtag will be a unique item that no one else will have.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

unaql gurer vf n frng gb ybt lbhe svaq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)