playgrounds

According to an expert in playground safety - over 200,000 children are injured on America's playgrounds each year. Although some action has been taken to address the growing problems associated with playground safety, more attention needs to be devoted. In recognition of this need, the National Program for Playground Safety was created in October 1995 to help communities across the nation examine the critical issues surrounding playground safety.

One of our favorite bloggers, MetroDad, has developed a way to decipher your playground conversations with other parents. In an attempt to help you navigate through mundane chit-chat with other moms and dads he's compiled some common parenting phrases and their hidden subtext.

He calls it The Parentionary, and here are some entries in the guide:

"The school wasn't really a good fit for her." = She got kicked out.