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If you are looking for a playground to go to, but you are not sure about the safety of the playground slide there, test it first. Have your child slide down and block the bottom, ready to catch them. If your child can slow down or hop off on his or her own, you can feel safe about the slide.

Often a playground slide will have a flatter end to allow the child to slow down or stop him or herself. These are great slides because children will rarely fall at the bottom. So a slide with an extended end can be reassuring as well.

The most popular playground slide is the “curly slide” as we used to call it. These slides spiral down and are also usually made of plastic. Of course, the bigger kids always want to “prove themselves”—so to speak, by pushing fast down the longest, steepest and fastest slide.

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