The lack of mobility in young people
13-May-2008
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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?

4x4 - lack of mobility in young people

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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ladylaura I totally agree with your comments. Parents could always walk with their children or make sure their children walk with other friends etc
*Matt_Wales  25-Apr-2008 03:35

 
paedophiles, murderers, road accidents, truancy - valid reasons for parents wanting to make sure their child gets to school safely, but surely they can just leave them at the bus-stop and make sure they are with friends
*ladylaura  01-Mar-2008 22:44

 
In some areas it may not be wise to let a child to walk to school alone
*jk12  23-Feb-2008 21:28

 
how many people honestly live more than 20 mins walk from A School, not a favoured School, just A School? The ability to select schools has added to this issue, and created many other issues too, but that is another gripe.
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.
*Chrissy  21-Feb-2008 17:54

 
Lee, when you grow up and you start working you'll understand why people want to lie in. Make the most of your time as a kid and enjoy it.

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.
*Youthful Griper  20-Feb-2008 10:04

 
Maggie, I am a child, however, unlike a lot of my peers I walk to school, the journey ususally takes about 20minutes but if it's raining or cold I walk a little bit faster so then takes around 10minutes. I think the main reason for Parents dropping children off is becuase of the absolute lunatics driving on the road today. I see many idiotic speeding drivers, speeding to work of a morning becuase they cannot be botherd to wake-up 30minutes earlier, they'd rather have a lie-in. I don't see why everyone wants to lie-in, I am up at 6.30am every morning even though my school day begins at 8.45am, but that's for another gripe. I think if people calmed their driving a little, and parents didn't live so far away from schools and children woke-up earlier, people like yourself would not have to sit in '4x4 jams' all morning and in your patients case, possibly missing their insulin dose. www.betterdrivingplease.co.uk
*Lee  19-Feb-2008 19:09


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