Top five tips for surviving in a play centre
Getting stuck in at a playcentre When I first stepped foot into a children's play centre a few years ago I thought I'd walked into a zoo. A zoo filled with children out of their minds on sugar. The music was booming and the place smelt of dirty nappies and greasy food. The children were climbing over each other inside ball filled containment areas or running headlong into cushioned walls. The strobe lighting gave me a headache and the couple next to me were having a heated debate about an episode of Jeremy Kyle. Despite all of this, the little man loved the place and since then we've spent at least one afternoon a month in a play centre. Over the years my feelings towards play centres have changed. Maybe my senses have been dulled because of repeated exposure or maybe it's because the first play centre we visited was on the more 'scary' end of the spectrum. But, I'm now able to enjoy our time at the play centre almost as much as the little man. H...