Children in shopping trolleys

I've done it with my kids and my GC .....just for an easy life...get round the shops quicker

While putting my little grandson into the trolley, he put both his chubby little legs into one of the openings - he panicked, I panicked, until a kind and clever fellow shopper helped to gently release his legs …. thanks 🙏

I loved putting a toddler in a trolley.

You would be ok if they didnt have their shoes on, in it?

If our four year old GS is having an off day and I need to go into a supermarket he goes in the trolley, safer for him and all other shoppers…

I have been guilty of this in desperation to keep a toddler under control that was too big for the seat or refused to go in it 🙈 I agree not ideal and my grandchildren are all too big now!

@OP, do you actually put any uncovered food into your trolley? Even fresh fruit and veg should be in one of those (usually) biodegradable bags provided in the shop.
I really can’t see why anybody would get too worked up about a toddler in the trolley- once out of it they probably sit in their buggy anyway, so what dreadful germs are they going to impart to a trolley? Most trolleys live outside the shop too at least prior to being collected and taken back inside. Are you similarly worried about pigeons or other birds who might poo on a trolley?
Let’s not get too precious or fussy especially in regard to (probably) young mums/parents with more than enough to worry about with a toddler and the shopping to do.
Sympathetic rather than judgemental would be a nice change.

I think the tiny trolleys that children can take round the supermarket look fun but quite often they scoot quickly in front of other shoppers nearly causing collisions, also I saw one mother finding it really hard to convince her small child that all the groceries wouldn’t fit in her tiny trolley, a tantrum ensued of course.
Fun but perhaps not practical when doing a big shop.

I've probably been guilty of this in the past. Not in supermarkets but going around d b&q or similar. My reasoning would have been that the 3 or 4 year old would have been safer there than loose in the aisle.

I don't think the hygiene aspect would have crossed my mind. Slightly older children on scooters or kicking a ball around bother me more.

Having on occasions had to go shopping with our children, my main concern was getting out of the shop without losing my temper, my sanity or a child, putting one in the main part of the trolley was the least of my worries!