BACK IN MY DAY WHEN WE WANTED KIDS TO STAY OUT OF THE SIDE YARD, WE USED OUR BELTS

Belt sanders to smooth out some of the rough surfaces. sORRY MY CAPS BUTTON IS ACTING UP. Anyway, kids will be kids, so smooth surfaces are an important part of minimizing the risk of splinters.

Do your kids not understand how to work a latch and gate? Are your kids canines?

Pocket screws are not dull

Nice heavy hardware! I‘d be tempted to add a wire, with a turnbuckle, going diagonally the other way. No matter how solid my gates start out, they always seen to eventually need some additional support against sagging.

I mean, I would head straight for that gate. What’s back here?? 😄

What a nice shiny gate you made, sparking even more the curiosity of your kids. That gate will be open in no time.

Your diagonal is correct. I can't even count the times I've seen a diagonal the wrong way round. (Upperleft to lower right). It's remarkable if you pay attention. And than they wonder why their door starts hanging after a few weeks.

Let me be your new back seat critic... Nice diagonal, it does nothing. To function it would want to be attached rigidly to the other parts but instead its attached to the vertical slats that it's supposed to hold.

But then you added the spring wheel the size of 3" pea gravel. Might as well just screw a 2x4 piece that just drags over the grass.

Finally, hopefully you don't paint it. We all love that 2 year door and fence lifespan. And the following 5 years of slow rot.

LOL looking good man. I should take that on. My side door is practically put together by structural spiderwebs and slime mold.