does anyone else think that parents who let their kids wheel round shops and busy streets are irresponsible!
the other day i was in a shop and a girl wheeled herself my way and tripped.. she missed my 8 week old baby in a pram by inches.. !!
what sort of parent thinks it is ok for there kids to trip and fall on babies and old people or whoever is shopping!! jeez!
fair enough on quiet roads or in the park.. but teach them responsibility!!
yeah i am annoyed.. but wouldnt u be if ur baby had been put in danger...
2007-03-17 05:49:42 · 33 answers · asked by shelokay 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
to andy
i did have a favorite toy, and i not asking them to be outlawed! i am asking why people let there kids use them round shops and busy places.. as i said i can understand on quiet roads or parks.. pls read properly
2007-03-17 06:12:17 · update #1
andy u have made my blood boil! accidents do happen but people can be responsible and avoid them! u say a teenager and a car crash.. well u wouldnt let them drive with dodgy steering cos that is asking for trouble! so dont let kids wheel round in shops or busy areas! duh!
2007-03-17 06:14:36 · update #2
to LJM
yes of course my kid will have skates.. i rollerblade myself.. i just not stupid or irresponsiblae enough to do it around shops or busy areas!
why is it everyone who has answered and not agreed with what i have said do not seem to take the point that these should not be allowed to be used in shops! be responsable and use them in safe areas.. jeez it shows the mentalitly of the parents that let their kids use these things in shops as they cant understand what i am saying!
2007-03-19 09:12:38 · update #3
I try really hard not to judge other people's parenting based on just one thing, but I do think the shoes are obnoxious, and dangerous. My 4 year old has almost been taken out by those kids a few times in stores, and I am not above telling them to slow down and be careful. I will not allow my daughter to have a pair, even when she's "old enough", and even if all her friends have them. If she wants to skate, I will get her roller skates and take her to the park or a rink. lol
2007-03-17 05:56:51 · answer #1 · answered by Jennie Fabulous 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely! There was one wheeling around the car showroom I work in the other day and that was a nightmare. The parents just didn't care! When I was young and roller skates were really in we weren't allowed them anywhere but the bit of street we used to skate up. I would never have even entertained the idea of going into a shop with them on!
2007-03-17 05:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by Jojotraveller 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
These shoes are Heelies.
They're made to roll around with a wheel in the heel that can easily be taken out for walking as well.
These shoes are all the rage now, I wish they were made against the law. I've seen a little girl fall into a rack and break a few things on the rack. This was at the mall.
Most parents could care less, they're on their cell phones shopping and whatnot.
2007-03-17 05:55:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think they should be treated as toys. It's just like roller blades or a bike. They are fun and cool to wear, but kids need to learn to use them responsibly and safely. I DON'T think they should be just worn around in stores and such places. I see some of the previous answers give accounts on how dangerous they can be. I mean, children have died! What more do they need to know?
2007-03-17 06:15:22 · answer #4 · answered by mom-of-4 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you 100%. I actually had a young kid who was wearing them run into my 4 yr old and then tell my 4 yr old that he should have moved! They were lucky that they took off right away! Many of the stores in our local area have signs on the doors now that "heelys" are not allowed in the store. I wish more stores would do that. Maybe we should start a new club - Moms Against Heelys?!?!?!
2007-03-17 05:58:44 · answer #5 · answered by BPD Wife 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know... i get really annoyed in tesco when they are just zooming around not looking where there going and seeing how fast they can go even though its really busy... and some woman yesterday goes go on kids off you go... and let the run full pelt down the aisles... baring in mind one was about 2 and the other 5 if they trip over a trolley wheel or something stupid like that... a smack on the face on that flooring... i wouldnt like to think about it!!! gives me goosebumps and i don't even have kids!!! peoples these days make me really annoyed! That was nice to get off my chest!
2007-03-17 05:59:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm one of those parents that did let her children buy their own heely's.. however, if we were going out, I made them pop the wheels out and give them to me. They were NEVER allowed to use the wheels in stores or any busy area. I even made them leave the wheels home when they wore them to school. I was not going to take the chance of them hurting someone else. Parents need to leave to be responsible. "A place for everything and everything in it's place"
2007-03-18 07:15:15 · answer #7 · answered by Mom of 2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in a rather small, cramped shop and children are always coming in wearing these Heelys. They knock over the displays, crash into people and the shoes marked our floor. We regularly ask these kids not to do it but they just ignore us.
I think there should be a ban on these things in town centres and in shops.
2007-03-17 07:28:48 · answer #8 · answered by BlueJeans5272 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree!! I think they are dangerous, there is now way my daughter would have a pair tantrum or not!! You can't ride a bike or wear skates in a shop so why should kids be allowed to wear these heely's??
2007-03-19 04:21:18 · answer #9 · answered by niccog26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We were in Argos and I glared at a kid skating in the shop. He looked at me, then kinda flipped backwards and landed on his bum. Very funny, but he should not have been skating in the shop. I always tell them to stop. Parents should not let them have the wheels out in a shop or in a shopping centre.
2007-03-17 15:23:05 · answer #10 · answered by Cliff E 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋