'An Afternoon At The Playground': A Child's Perspective (VIDEO)

One 31-year-old mom in Sunnyside, Queens figured out how to walk in her child's shoes. She strapped her iPod touch to her 5-year-old, set her kid free on the Thomas P. Noonan Playground and then posted the video online on MyBlockNYC, Gothamist reports.

The result is an exciting adventure chasing a blue ball, a meeting with a seemingly massive play structure and a thrilling ride on the swing. It's a reminder of just how fun the playground (and life) can be when you're under four feet tall.

The best part? The kid has a brief fall with a crying interlude, but gets right back up. So just remember: In life, they'll fall, but they'll be just fine.

Comments

[Dr Atwen]

01:43 PM on 03/15/2012

A childs perspective ???? Prove it ! Its the author of the stories perspective of a childs perspective !

[BiggpussJr]

12:53 PM on 03/15/2012

Ok? Whats the big deal? It wasnt interesting at all. Its like being on a roller coaster. But the mom did it so that it would "go viral" but it didnt and it wont.

[oolalafrenchgirl]

12:14 PM on 03/15/2012

I got dizzy watching the video. It's amazing how much simple joy a child can find in a ball or a swing. My 8 month old son loves peek-a-boo. My 17 yr old son would think I were insane if I were to try and play peek-a-boo with him.

[Danavan907]

12:10 PM on 03/15/2012

Yep....just how I envisioned it. Not that interesting.

[Daniel Velasquez]

10:42 AM on 03/15/2012

HATED IT. That's a camera's view, been done before. Plus, a good parent knows what any place looks to a child because they are there with them.

[Sharhonda Winkfield]

09:54 AM on 03/15/2012

LOVED IT!

[vtmv]

09:48 AM on 03/15/2012

Know what I liked most? Her ability to have fun with simple equipment, and a blue ball. No need for structured, managed, engineered play. No "coaches" or carefully constructed politically correct teams. Just a kid being a kid! I watched this video immmediately after reading a blog about kids' expensive birthday parties. This video puts childrens' lives back into perspective.

[Phillip Ramirez]

08:59 AM on 03/15/2012

The total joy I had while watching this was phenomenal!!! We spend so much time trying to grow up as children that we forget how brief a time it is. If only we had realized that we'll have the rest of our lives to be grown-ups.

I think the counter would be to strap the same iPod to the mom as she goes through her day... whadya think?

[mamasilverhair]

11:19 AM on 03/15/2012

tell them tell them... in fact you... You only will be this age once...you will never revisit it again. It comes with it's own specail funs, things that only a person of this age can do... 7 year olds can play with cars in the dirt... and no one will say a word...they are doing great... 20 year olds are in school and taking summer jobs... having fun dating girls... 30 year olds start families...ect... each year is like unwrapping a specail gift that will last only one year each...enjoy them to the fullest...

[rightasrain]

07:05 AM on 03/15/2012

I loved it!!! The innocence of childhood and the ability for all that running to be such fun! May her little life always be filled with such carefree happiness.

[a49ac]

06:31 AM on 03/15/2012

Lakeland, Florida has the BEST children's playground ever built, its a place to play and explore. Come take a look adams011.

[adams011]

06:13 PM on 03/13/2012

For a comment on how really stimulating playgrounds can be, it is worth looking at Interaction with Nature During the Middle Years: Its Importance to Children's Development & Nature's Future
By Randy White. While playgrounds may often look like fun, they are usually designed by adults with little child input; they represent a sort of caged environment (much like a zoo as in this one) in which children and their parents are corralled to play on relatively sterile play equipment anchored on asphalt; and they apparentgly contribute little to childrens' levels of physical or cognitive development. Some have gone so far as to say that the number of such playgrounds in a city represents the degree to which we have failed children by excluding them from the remainder of city life.

[Meryl Neiman]

08:48 AM on 03/13/2012

This is great. You can hear the joy of play in her voice!