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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Hostafan1 said:
    I was more concerned about the 3 year old standing in the middle of traffic with nobody seeming to consider her safety
    Quite.
    When I was out on my own with mine, older fairylet held the handle of the pram. That was the rule. 
    I'm appalled at the lax attitude many parents have to youngsters' safety. Have they no idea how quickly a small child can just take off?  :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Is that like apostropheitis? I think it's spread to greengrocer's by close contact with vegetable's @philippasmith2. I've had recent contact with tomatoe's and may have caught it.😕
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    It bugs me when they've got a dog, on a lead, because the dog might run into the road and cause an accident, or be injured, or run away and get lost, or be kidnapped: all of which applies equally to the child, who nevertheless does not get the same protection as the dog.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    josusa47 said:
    It bugs me when they've got a dog, on a lead, because the dog might run into the road and cause an accident, or be injured, or run away and get lost, or be kidnapped: all of which applies equally to the child, who nevertheless does not get the same protection as the dog.
    I'd bet if a dog and child got hurt in traffic, MORE folk would be concerned about the dog
    Devon.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @Hostafan1 I thought you'd covered the "3yr old in the road" bit but I find it's symptomatic of unthinking parenting.   
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Green parakeets have "found" the fruit trees at the Allotments. grr 
    AB Still learning

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Well you'd better salvage what you can now.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • SuesynSuesyn Posts: 664
    I don't understand why parents don't use reins for their children anymore, obviously they don't need them in an open space like a park or playground but on the street or in shops you need to know where they are, they can so easily get distracted and vanish seemly before your eyes.
    I have seen comments about 'their freedom being restricted' but to my mind keeping them safe is most important. My "boys" are all in their forties and parenting seems so different today. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Isn’t restricting their children’s freedom an essential part of the parental job description?


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    @Suesyn - have you seen the way children behave in shops nowadays?  
    No parenting of any kind to be seen.  :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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