In my earliest years, I awaited each playdate with barely restrained impatience, eager to climb monkey bars, roller-skate, or ...

This mom’s not monkeying around — and she sure isn’t swinging on the monkey bars, either. Amanda, a mom of three who goes by @free.as.amother on Instagram, has the internet in a tizzy after posting a ...

“Ngl I’m doing the same thing, not boutta wait to do pull-ups while you playing jungle gym,” one man scoffed. “How was he to know that she was going to be using it as monkey bars ...

“Ngl I’m doing the same thing, not boutta wait to do pull-ups while you playing jungle gym,” one bloke scoffed. “How was he to know that she was going to be using it as monkey bars ...

On October 23, 1923, Hinton—a patent attorney—was awarded the first of a series of U.S. patents for his “jungle gym,” and the monkey bars were born. These days, hardly anyone is aware of ...

The jungle gym and the monkey bars are two firm favorites when it comes to playground equipment, but which is going to be the better option for your yard? This article covers the pros of both the ...

A new generation of fitness buffs is prioritizing mutual encouragement in the group workouts that have sprouted up in city playgrounds for years. Credit... Supported by By Sandra E. Garcia ...

Conner broke his arm after falling off monkey bars at a city park last year. (Submitted by Melanie Quilty) Jungle gyms and monkey bars are about 100 years old — patented in 1923 and 1924 by U ...

But jungle gyms and monkey bars remain targets of efforts to make playgrounds safer, the researchers report. New York City removed them from most of their 862 public playgrounds in the 1980s and ...

The jungle gym and monkey bars were patented in 1923 and 1924 by Sebastian “Ted” Hinton, who wrote that children have a “monkey instinct” to climb as a form of play and exercise.