{"id":7001,"date":"2017-05-18T19:29:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T02:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7001"},"modified":"2020-07-11T14:11:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T14:11:57","slug":"eastbridge-sign-helps-drivers-to-beware-of-dangerous-street-tottering-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7001","title":{"rendered":"Eastbridge Sign Helps Drivers to Beware of Dangerous \u201cStreet\u201d Tottering Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/street-tottering-768x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7973\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/street-tottering-768x576-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/street-tottering-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A new and dangerous trend among Stapleton youth is being called \u201cstreet tottering.\u201d Kids are creating makeshift teeter totters and putting them in the middle of streets, disrupting traffic. \u201cIt\u2019s really dangerous,\u201d said resident Kevin Tracy. \u201cI have seen this all over Stapleton, not just in Eastbridge. It\u2019s pretty crazy, and I wish parents would teach their little ones that pranks like this are extremely dangerous.\u201d Kim Sellers has also noticed an increase of kids playing in the street, in particular, teeter tottering. \u201cWhat kind of parents are allowing their kids to play in the street, completely unsupervised?\u201d asked Sellers. \u201cThis is crazy. And it\u2019s not just during the day. I\u2019ve seen kids out street tottering around five. I really hope this sign brings the appropriate attention to parents. I wonder if we need more of them.\u201d To date, no kids have been hurt, but community members are worried that is coming. \u201cNever mind where they are doing it,\u201d stated Dean Carrol. \u201cEven without doing it in the street, teeter tottering can be really dangerous. One kid jumps off with the other kid is in the air, feet get trapped, butts get hurt, etc. A lot of things can go wrong on a teeter totter. Then, adding the street element makes it even crazier.\u201d Some parents are wondering if this is a new way for elementary kids to get a rush. \u201cMaybe this is something they are doing to get a kind of high,\u201d said Selleers. \u201cI don\u2019t know. But it needs to stop.\u201d Community organizations will continue to help parents become aware of the issue and encourage parents to keep their kids off the streets and off the teeter totters.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-147","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7974,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001\/revisions\/7974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}