Bad parenting!

[Gemini]

This morning I was upstairs brushing my hair and OH was in the living room. We both spotted a woman pushing a buggy, with a little boy, aged about 5 or 6, on his way to school riding a little bike. He twice fell off his bike as it was slippery.
Bad choice number one was allowing the child to take his bike in those conditions. The second time he fell off his mum left him standing on the pavement, crying a bit, and holding the pushchair handle. She then proceeded to wheel the little bike back home. I don't know where they live, but she went around the corner, totally out of sight and was gone some minutes.
2 children, one a baby, alone, on a bend in icy conditions.
The child could have followed her and left the baby.
A car could have skidded on the bend, lost control and hit them.
Someone could have hurt or abducted them.
OH and I both watched, and I opened the bedroom window smiled and told him to not to worry, mummy would be back really soon. OH had been about to offer to look after the bike, but by the time she unlocked the door the woman had gone out of sight with it. I almost felt we should have brought the children in when she was gone, just to shock her!!
Thank goodness all was OK. I said to OH 'If her mother or MIL could see what she has just done with their GC, they would be horrified'

No matter how expensive a bike is, you cannot put it before your child's safety! I am sure if she had left it on someone's drive it would still be there when she came back, but even if not, rather risk that than something happen to your kids!!!

[Nanto2girls]

Gem, it just shows how some minds work.

Every day,there is a lady goes past our house twice. She is obviously taking and picking up a young boy to/from school.
She uses a buggy,you'll know what kind i mean. The kind what are for disabled people.
The little boy looks about 7ish. He stands in front of the mother/grandma. I keep saying to hubby,if a car loses control and hits her, that little boy is a gonner.
It seems to me, some people just can't see danger.

[Clover]

Not good Gem.Such a risk.It was a good job you kept our eye on them but even that wouldn’t have prevented a car skidding into them.

[Oma]

I really despair sometimes when I hear things like this ,
Another thing I hate is when they are on their phones and little ones are either running ahead or lagging behind and they have no idea the danger these little people are in ,
Or they stand at the kerb side waiting to cross with the buggy wheels on the road , makes me so angry

[Plantaholic]

I agree with everything you say Oma, if I am out in the village when the first school turn out I am appalled at the lack of care given to the children, not by everyone of course. the ones collected by Grandparents are looked after better.

[Daisy]

I got told off by a houseowner on Monday for treading on 'her' grass verge while I was putting GD2 into her car seat (which is on the near side). It's a narrow country lane, very badly potholed with traffic driving far too fast. I asked if she'd rather I put my GD in the car from the road with cars reversing, delivery vans going up and down and a small digger clearing out a ditch just a bit further on. She said yes, that would be better!!! So 'her' couple of feet of manky grass is more important than keeping a small child out of harm's way. I suggested she sued me for trespass!

Some people just make me mad!

[Glammanana]

I'm convinced their minds are on another planet sometimes,just yesterday a young woman stepped out in front of my car as we where turning into our Road she did not stop at the pavement just carried on walking whilst having her mobile phone tucked under her ear as she pushed a twin buggy,I can't tell you what John called her he was livid to say the least,phone conversations seem to be more important than watching where you are going and the safety of your children for some reason.

[ZIZI]

I regularly observe parents, unfortunately usually mothers, who are so busy talking or playing around with their phones and ignoring what the walking children are doing; the ones who try to cross the road with the push chair in front of them between parked cars - oh the baby hasn’t been smashed to smithereens therefore it must be safe for me to cross; the ones who completely ignore their children in the supermarket so the kids go to the pick and mix and stick their fingers in the plastc boxes; the ones who ignore the instructions on the crossings and cross with the red man; the ones who cross a busy road with their children when there is a crossing nearby that has gone ignored. Lots more examples around.

Goodness I sound like a moany old woman

[Grauntie Mag]

I often see young mums and dads strapping tinies in from the road side. How can that be better for viewing them whilst driving let alone safely strapping them in or getting them out?
what a good job you were keeping an eye Gem, I can't bear to think of the ‘very possibles’ that could have happened.

Daisy, put weed killer on her verge, that’ll sort it.

[Gemini]

I got told off by a houseowner on Monday for treading on 'her' grass verge while I was putting GD2 into her car seat (which is on the near side). It's a narrow country lane, very badly potholed with traffic driving far too fast. I asked if she'd rather I put my GD in the car from the road with cars reversing, delivery vans going up and down and a small digger clearing out a ditch just a bit further on. She said yes, that would be better!!! So 'her' couple of feet of manky grass is more important than keeping a small child out of harm's way. I suggested she sued me for trespass!

Some people just make me mad!

I would want to return at dead of night to liberally sprinkle her precious grass with bleach or something!!

[Daisy]

I often see young mums and dads strapping tinies in from the road side. How can that be better for viewing them whilst driving let alone safely strapping them in or getting them out?
what a good job you were keeping an eye Gem, I can't bear to think of the ‘very possibles’ that could have happened.

Daisy, put weed killer on her verge, that’ll sort it.

GM - that's a brilliant idea. But I don't want to cause trouble for the lovely people at GD2's playgroup - this woman was ranting that she was trying to get it closed down - after all there are cars there twice a day, morning and lunchtime, during term-time. It must be intolerable for the poor wee soul. I don't know what people expect when they buy a house next door to a church and church hall!!!

Gem - you and GM are both very naughty!!! Come the summer she'll no doubt be complaining that it needs mowing every 4 or 5 days.

[Plantaholic]

I wonder if that precious grass verge is included in her deeds. We have people in our road who like to have that precious piece of grass verge outside their property

[Grauntie Mag]

What about sprinkling it with seeds, invasive, hard to get rid of weedy type things.
I bet she hates it when the children are playing out in summer...the noise, oh the noise of children playing....🙄

[Gemini]

I like all the subversive ideas
I think out best bet is to find out when she is going away and club together to pay to have that bit tarmacked

[Daisy]

I wonder if that precious grass verge is included in her deeds. We have people in our road who like to have that precious piece of grass verge outside their property

Plant, that was my first thought, too. There is a sturdy fence and a hedge separating her garden from the grass verge, and I think it may be on her deeds but it is in effect a public right of way. We had a similar situation in a house where there was no 'proper' footpath in the road. We couldn't fence it off and people had the right to walk on that part of our garden. I'm tempted to check with Land Registry or the Town Hall, but I really don't want to stir up trouble for the playgroup. The children play out in all weathers right through the year, so even though the play ground is the other side of the church hall, there should be enough noise to drive her mad!!!