The lack of mobility in young people
I do not understand why so many young people seem to have lost the use of their legs? Each school day means that these children who cannot use their legs are blocking up the roads for those of us who need to use them.
I have sat in my car behind a mummy in a 4x4 smiling and waving as she let all of her friends out to turn right in front of her as they had just dropped off their legless offspring at school. The lady who I needed to give insulin to obviously is less important than these immobile children?
Another lack these children have is the ability to wear a coat and hat,I see parents driving their child right up to the door because it is raining. I wonder if we should start a charity for them so we can help these poor wee things to keep their heads dry on their short walk to school?
Is it such a distant memory of the time when we used to walk to school, took us 20 minutes, but we had time for talking about stinky Stuart, lighting up our cigarettes and thinking up excuses for the homework we have not done, (all good practice for the office.)
Whilst walking my own offspring to school, I regularly passed a lady who tottered out on spikes to her car, bundled the legless children in and then dropped them at the gates just about the same I got there with mine. Then I know there is so little time, exercise is so important for Mummy, so a quick run to school in the car, drop off at the gates so that she has time to go to the gym for her daily exercise...am I missing something?
And then I forget for the legless children there is the "quality time," which can be spent listening to the soothing music from classic radio specially chosen from those legless school run children, while Mummy, or Daddy sits patiently in the traffic jams created. Plenty of time then to discuss the nuances of their music and how well they are getting on with their teacher.
I had a revolutionary idea the other day as I was sat in the 4x4 jam, you know if these parents walked with their children to school, building the muscles would take time but be very good for future health, the parents could step up the pace on the way back, save some money on the gym as well as keeping fit and trim.
They could also spend quality time talking with their offspring about the same things, point out the same things to look at, and also get rid of their 4x4's! So their children would grow legs, the carbon footprint would shrink and I could get to my patients!
By: Maggie
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When I was a school child, needed a ride because I lived on a farm, after I moved I walked everywhere. I loved it.
People use cars to much I know blah blah, no one on the internet cares, do something about it in real life.
If you want to write crass generalisations about how standards are slipping, etc, then write in to the Daily Mail where other miserable twits would love to share in your misery and spare us.
These moany sort of sites went out the window about 5 years ago. It is a terrible waste of time, and I imagine that you have very bad personal hygiene and no one really likes you. The elderly pelt you with rotten fruit and because you are so disgusting you can't have a job, so you have to eat the rotten food thrown at you.
This really is a terrible site.
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The King: Apple Bobbins - 13-Mar-10 11:04
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It's ironic that so many people complain about petrol prices, yet how many of them are basically doubling their fuel consumption by making these short trips to school? It's a fact that several little trips will use up more fuel than a long one. Save petrol money and give your kids (and yourself) some exercise - walk to school!
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How many child murderers actually are there a day? How many traffic accidents to children are caused by other parents who maybe could have walked? How many children in reality have been attacked by hoodies, (I thought they were the hoodies?)
Maybe if more parents walked then children would be safer as there would be more adults on the way to school to protect the children.
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I'm up at 6.45am through the week so I can drive to work at 7.15 to avoid queues that build up later on in the morning and to get a parking space before it gets busy. I don't start work 'til 8.30 and usually get to work for 7.45ish.
As for asking drivers to 'calm their driving'... easier said than done! Something so small and insignificant can occur in your routine journey, brought on by another driver perhaps and instead of letting it pass, it winds them up and it affects their driving. All their anger and frustration goes to their feet.
'...and parents didn't live so far away from schools...' - I'm afraid I can't see any logic behind this comment. People choose to live somewhere and if they're a married couple then they don't have a need for schools. It's only when they have a child that it matters and it's much easier to drive to a school than move house. Imagine if everyone lived near schools, it'd still be mayhem because people with 4x4's etc would still drive them to school even though they practically live next door.
I think parents are more concerned about the safety of their children which is why they chaffeur them everywhere. If it's not child-murderers it's hooded yobs, if it's not that then it's dangerous drivers, if it's not dangerous drivers it's the rain! People won't change their ways, it's too much of an inconvenience.
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Youthful Griper - 20-Feb-08 10:04
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