His young son really loves the slide, but Séamas must make small talk with other parents
‘I love slide,’ cries my son with greater emotion than he has ever mustered for me, the man who has fed and clothed him since birth, not to mention facilitated 90% of every slide interaction he’s ever had.
We’re at the playground. Not Big Playground, which is what we call the sprawling, Byzantine ludoplex in the larger park 15 minutes away, that has six slides, eight swings and little wooden forts. No, this is Little Playground, the smaller, more local one. It’s not my son’s favourite, but we like it because it’s less busy, which means he can use anything he wants – and I don’t have to talk to as many other parents.
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