3.2.6. Security

Participants frequently reported the benefit (*n* = 14, 70%) of having their mobile device in case of an emergency within the playground, "*The phone is just there as a secondary device as an emergency or if you need to contact someone.*" (P21); or outside the playground setting, *"I really just try not to answer your phone unless you absolutely have to. You don't want to miss a call either, if it's something important like family or an emergency.*" (P18).

When considering supervising children, participants made comparisons to other settings, for example, being in and around water, "*She actually just turned around to talk to me for a few seconds and that's all it took for a one year old to nose dive into the pool* ... *I think so much can happen in the blink of an eyelid, you can't take your eye o*ff *them*." (P18). Or other settings like driving a car, "*You can't*

*have your eyes on two things at once, it's impossible. Other people maybe can, I don't think I can. It's like the driving, they wouldn't have it banned if it were safe. Surely*." (P22).
