Kid's Play Place — Local services in Columbia

I am really upset with our visit. This playground is clearly for ages 1-4 judging by the set up and equipment, and we went specifically for my 1 year old to crawl around. There were about 6 children, all around 6-8, rough housing, throwing each other around, playing tag and being maniacs in this baby play area. I put my baby on the ground to crawl around and he was loving it, but almost got trampled 3-4 times because the other large children were not even paying attention, and no parent was telling them to be aware of other children. In fact no parent was paying attention at all. So we had to leave, my baby was screaming because he loved it so much and we couldn't stay because these other large children were playing in a baby playground. The rules say you must be under 42" to play so there was no reason for them to be there. Columbia mall, you need to do better. These kids have other areas to rough house...

Playground itself is 4 stars but it is designed for young children and it is almost always overcrowded with older kids running and roughhousing with no (active) parental supervision and no monitoring by the mall itself. I understand if they are older sibling of toddlers/preschoolers but they should be told to look out for little kids and let them enjoy the climbers first. On more than one occasion I’ve had a child tell me their parent was shopping and they were there alone. We try to go at off hours but lord help you if...

No. Just no. Always overly crowded. I've seen tots without diapers running around (naked, no pants) in this play area. A child/teen who was clearly too old to be in this playspace was running around and jumping off the statues. He landed/slammed on my 19 month old who I couldn't shield in time. Thankfully she wasn't hurt and the kid apologized, but still. There are rules posted but not really enforced here. You can't expect much since it's free but I won't be taking my kids back to this mall play area or any for...