This week I came upon a local news story about a doctor who went to area fast food restaurants and video taped and swabbed play areas for germs and bacteria.

Now, I expect a reasonable amount of germs and perhaps food in the playareas, however what she found was horrendous!!! Feces, moldy food, areas that look like they haven’t ever been cleaned!

Thank goodness we do not frequently go to these places.  Below is a link to the latest news article:

http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2011/10/26/20111026mcdonalds-bans-asu-instructor-chandler-mom1027.html

One word of advice, if you are going to allow your children to play, be sure they wash/sanitize their hands before they eat.  Perhaps even make it a habit for your kids to wash before they eat at home and wash when entering into the house.  I often have my boys wash their hands after we return home from a store, school, anywhere, really, because they were touching things that could have germs that they could then carry into our home.

But beware of the play areas!!!