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Other than it's at the front, it's no different to carting kids around in one of those bike trailer things. Anyway it's about time they mandated crumple zones for bikes and they seem ideal
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Joined: Feb 27 2002 Posts: 18060 Location: On the road
No way I would have taken my kids to school in something like that!!
Then I didn't feel the need to take my kids to school at all - they were more than capable of organising themselves to do the task.
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Joined: May 10 2002 Posts: 47951 Location: Die Metropole
The children in the photographs look like they're about three or four – your children were "organising themselves" to get themselves to nursery/school at that age?
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Joined: Feb 27 2002 Posts: 18060 Location: On the road
Mintball wrote:The children in the photographs look like they're about three or four – your children were "organising themselves" to get themselves to nursery/school at that age?
It was more of a general comment - we are far too 'protective' of our children we stifle their independence and ability to learn their limits for themselves.
Has society really got that much more sinister in the last 30 years that are children need watching 24/7?
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Joined: May 10 2002 Posts: 47951 Location: Die Metropole
Sal Paradise wrote:It was more of a general comment - we are far too 'protective' of our children we stifle their independence and ability to learn their limits for themselves.
Has society really got that much more sinister in the last 30 years that are children need watching 24/7?
On that I agree entirely.
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Many things have changed over 30 years that have lead to an increase in children being privately transported to school but think stranger danger is probably way down the list of reasons, if that is what you meant by society becoming more sinister.
Joined: May 10 2002 Posts: 47951 Location: Die Metropole
LF13 wrote:Many things have changed over 30 years that have lead to an increase in children being privately transported to school but think stranger danger is probably way down the list of reasons, if that is what you meant by society becoming more sinister.
You might have a realistic attitude toward 'stranger danger', but I think a lot of people genuinely believe it's a much bigger threat than it is.
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You're right, but I was meaning there are other reasons, e.g. busier roads, choosing schools out of catchment are, accessibilty to a vehicle, working life, etc. that come before stranger danger is a consideration
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