http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-problem-with-air-conditioned-playhouses/2011/07/21/gIQAfcfhSI_story.html

While I think that building a super-deluxe playground for your child might be overdoing it, I wouldn't mind seeing some of this effort go into community playgrounds for kids. And that would serve the desired purpose of giving the child someone to socialize with much better than an "if we build it, they will come" attitude on what is probably such a big property that no one ever knows there's a playground there!