Im I in the wrong?

Question

My mother is 65 and I am 30 , when we go to asda we use the mother and child car parking spaces , Im we out of order?

Answer 1

ha ha,so funny. me and my mom do this. she's 50 and im 21. they never specify how old the child should be. even though children are strictly under 18, even if siblings are in their 30's they're still someones "children". ha ha. if you ever get busted tell the person that they never specified an age ;-)

Answer 2

Hehe, yes you're wrong. I too was not aware they had mother and child parking spaces. But those parking spaces are designated for mothers who have a young child(ren) with her. Those parking spaces are for the mothers convenience. Yes it would be nice to have parking spaces for elders as well. But I'm pretty sure people would be taking advantage of those parking spaces as well. I could be 40 and still qualify as an elder. So until someone comes up with an effective solution, I guess we have to deal with finding our own parking spaces.

Answer 3

Yes, the idea of those parking spaces is that mums with kids who swing the doors wide open and in an ordinary parking space would scratch the car next to it.

Try being more sensible in future and go in the normal parking spaces.

It means parent & child, as a parent of a child, as in the young people referred to as kids.

Answer 4

The wording on that sign is bad since, there are people who can say hey, technically we are a mother and child... even though the obvious intention of having a sign like that is to offer close parking to a mother struggling with young children. At my local BJ's Warehouse, there's a sign that says something like "Reseved for customers with infants." I think that leaves much less room for interpretation. The only thing I ever joked about with that sign is hey, if you only have one infant, can you still park here... although, not a problem for me since I have two :-p

Answer 5

Yes sorry. Well actually it depends, my mum is 65 but is very mobile and fit, however if your mum has difficulty getting out of the car but you cant legally park in the disabled spaces it makes sense. Those spaces are there for two things, mums with newborns who have to get those awful heavy car seats in and out and need the door wide open to do so, and mums with toddlers who need to keep the kids out of the way of other cars. It winds me up most when I see families using them with older children, there is no need, once your kid can do up its own seat belt then you can fit in a normal space, if you have to do it then you need to get the door wide open, thus requiring a mum and baby space.

Answer 6

well, it's not really right, i mean, right in teh sence that that's not what they mean. but look at it this way: you're mom's getting older so she shouldn't have to walk too far, should she? it's not only mothers and children, it's elderly people as well. okay, it might be a lame excuse, but people do awful things all the time, so keeping that in mind, i think this is even funny and not very wrong. don't worry to much about it. however, if ou are uncertain, next time just use the parking spaces meant for other visitors....

Answer 7

Didnt know there was a Mother and Child car parking space... but hey you are the mother's child so i guess your not wrong there.

Answer 8

Child: "a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age"

No, you're not wrong, in fact, when you consider that there are people who can't walk who need to use the supermarket, they are far more deserving of car parking places.

Just don't park in the disabled :)
If you're not, i mean...

Answer 9

of course u are a child is lawfully anyone aged between 0-18 years old ur 30 get a life... why not use the disabled bays instead that would be more appropriate

Answer 10

yes U are her daughter, Ur not a child, and its for mothers and children. a child is classed as someone under the age of 18