idiot parents! - Page 3

Lilly · 22-11-2007, 15:53

The midwives didn't leave the ward when we took our babies home. Our youngest is 4.

I thought that all that happened years ago. If they've re-introduced it it must be a fairly new initiative.

shillelagh · 22-11-2007, 15:59

I dont understand why people dont use seat belts. One of my cousins her daughter was killed in a car accident - and she was wearing a seat belt.

onlyme · 22-11-2007, 16:41

It shouldnt matter whether its the law or not, as a parent you should want the safest possible environment for your child.

I hate driving through Blackpool illuminations and watching the kids in heavy 'stop/starting' traffic hanging out of sun roofs etc. All it takes is for one person to heavy brake a mile in front and thats the child with a broken spine.

Its now got to the point where I am wondering if it is just me being over protective tho, as the amount of things that I have seen regarding childrens safety (or lack of it) astounds me

Eric · 22-11-2007, 23:28

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Originally Posted by emamum23

the stupidity of some people is amazing.......
i have also seen a car with 2 adults in the front and a 2/3 year old in the back holding a newborn baby!!
the law should be that babies cannot be taken home from the hospital without a correctly fitted car seat and parents should be trained to fit their car seats, when they buy them so that the idiots dont put them back in wrong!!!

If that had been the law when I was born, my parents probably would have done the happy dance and left me there

The law in Ontario is similar, children have to be in car seats, but the type is left up to the parents. Auto manufacturers also warn against putting kids in the front seat if there is a passenger side air bag installed. In Kingston, many taxis carry car seats and a customer can request such a car. I understand the need for such a law as the roads seem to be a lot more congested than they were, and the chance of having an accident have increased. For some strange reason kids riding on a school bus do not have seatbelts.

But I still think it ironic that Govts. are put in the position of having to legislate common sense.