Parental Supervision
Posted by: kazbug
2nd May 2012 08:12pm
I think that parents today do not take care of their children sufficiently. I almost ran over 6 small children who were playing on the road with no adult in attendance. If I had been going any faster there would have been some dead or severely injured children.
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Sil sil
I agree, on the road, at a park or restaurant & shopping centre! It appears parents are becoming a little too laid back & forget that back in the day playing in the street was very different a lot of suburbs were quiet & a lot less cars on the road. The amount of kids I see at the park & if they hurt themselves I'm helping & looking around asking where's your mum or dad & at times take a long time if walking around to find them!
flower52
I totally agree I don't drive but get taken a lot of places by car and i have seen many a time people have had to slam on the brakes in the street near me, I have also seen these kids stay one the road and just look at the car as if they are saying im not moving i just don't get the parents letting kids out on the street easy for them to get one the road some as young of the age of 3 even with 9 year old brother and sisters that can barely look after themselves. I think it should be against the law for this to happen but it seems its OK these days. it seems kids just don't listen any more or parents just done care.
ninna
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jules06
when we were kids we went off with friends (i would have been 9 onwards) we roamed the neighborhood and all mum said was make sure u come home when the street lights come on.. these days we hold the apron strings to short. we need to teach children how to be responsible and we need to show them some trust age appropriate of course
s
We played outside when I was younger from about 10+ we went bushwalking, rode our bikes on the footpath but today it has changed in the last 20 years and we have to keep a closer eye on our children.
We do need to teach children and trust them from a certain age I agree.
Ally
I agree with you Kazbug. Not only are children's lives being placed in danger because they are not supervised when playing alone or with friends outside, many are left to find out the hard way when it comes personal safety. I often see young toddlers walking/riding a tricycle ahead of their parent/s who seems obviously oblivious to the possible dangers their child may encounter at the next driveway/intersection. Teaching children to be safe seems to have disappeared in many situations today, with very young children often seen appearing from between cars, or behind cars to the horror of a passing driver in streets, main roads and carparks. It amazes me why people just cannot hold their small child's hand when traffic is around. "........Oh, I just took my eyes of them for a minute!" How often do we hear this cry when an accident occurs...
Some people caring for children need to be more vigilant about keeping their children safe.
Pearla
Just yesterday I had to slam on my brakes as 3 kids on bikes went straight across a main road in front of me. Then around the corner again a main road were 2 very small children playing in the gutter. If I had hit any of these children it would have been my fault not the parents who think roads are playgrounds.
musicmum
I agree, I am horrified at seeing kids in danger all the time,especicaly in car parks. Recently a child was run over in a caravan park and died,it happens in a flash. I have seen little kids run ahead of their parents across roads believing they are safe they will do this when their parents are not watching. I taught my son never to put a foot on the road without holding an adults hand,now I am having trouble getting him to stop!(he is now 11) but at least i know he is safe.
Tresse
Hi there, it's horrible that the family's holiday turned into a tragedy. I too have a permanent home in a caravan park and they have a speed limit of 8km per hour for exactly that reason. Whilst I tell my kids to not run across the road to the park my 3 year old has no impulse control and if I don't happen to have his hand tight enough he'd pull out. If a car travels at 8km/hr then death would be unlikely, only a few bruises. The amount of campers that ignore the speed limit is amazing though. Fortunately the park staff at Seabank are really diligent and we only have to mention to them about speeding and they visit the person at their site. There is no tolerance AT ALL for speeding and they're out if they do it a second time.