If you want your kids to become active, the playground is the place to be. It’s a haven of friendship and fun. Unfortunately, outdoor playgrounds are prone to weather conditions. Rain, the intense heat of the sun, and even snow can be a hindrance to their playtime.
As for parents Chunyan Zhu and Jing Xu, they thought of a way to allow their kids to have unlimited fun no matter the weather. Starting their own indoor playground, along with their business partner Huixin Wang, they opened a three-level structure in Canada, specifically on Pippy Place in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
“I think the winter here is rather long. We have three kids — we find that they need more places that offered indoor activity,” Xu told CBC Canada.
The business plan for the indoor playground came from their own experiences as parents to their three children. It was because of the lack of entertainment spaces for their children that gave the parents and their business partner the idea of opening Whee.
Zhu told CBC Canada: “They love some winter activities, but it is hard to drag them out [in bad weather] to skate or ski. We felt, ‘What if there was an indoor playground that the kids could enjoy? That would be nice.'”
“Wherever we travel, we take [the] kids to the indoor playground,” Zhu added. “Big cities have this which our kids really enjoy, ao that’s where the idea came from. Why not bring this here to benefit all the kids?”
So far, business for Whee is steady. The couple knows that their core customers are the children themselves.
“[We want them to leave] with happiness and a smiling face,” Zhu told CBC Canada. Caring about the needs of their customers includes a rigorous sanitization and cleaning process that takes about four to five hours.
Doctors require children to have at least 60 minutes of free play every day. This helps them further develop their physical, cognitive, and emotional skills. As for parents, the best place to bring kids to meet new people and play at their heart’s content is at playgrounds.
Building an indoor playground is an excellent alternative for children to play no matter the weather. This has allowed Chunyan Zhu and Jing Xu, the couple who owns Whee, to provide their children and even other children in the area a place to have fun while it rains, shows, or the sun is high in the sky.
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