Lost for words

We were criticised for letting our children ride tricycles in the street, for holding them by the hand instead of having them on reins when they were toddlers and for not teaching them to say please and thank you before they were out of nappies!

Our mothers were criticised for babies swallowing nappy pins, or being taken out in the pram or push-chair without a harness, and those unfortunate women who used a harness that choked a child ( a lot were dangerous, my sister wound hers round her neck, but survived with only a bad fright) were blamed for that too.

I was forbidden to play near the burn - there was only 2 or 3 inches of water in it, but at the age of 5 I went there anyhow. If I had drowned, my mother would have been blamed.

Life is full of risks, we try to minimise them, but these young women talking on phones, don't seem to realise they are putting their children at risk. Perhaps it should be illegal to use a mobile phone while looking after children in a street, but how on earth could the police enforce such a law?

What amazes me is that children have to be in child seats in a car but once out of the car they are left to run around instead of holding hands or being on reins when they are around busy roads or in shops. No we weren't perfect but my DD was on reins even though we didn't have fancy car seats

Good job GN wasn't about when I brought up my children- not that I ever did anything stupid of course.

There have always been mothers like this. When they are visible outside on their phones we notice them. When they are sitting at home, fag in one hand, watching soaps, etc and ignoring the child (except to yell at it) we don’t see that.

How awful. Like people who allow their children to run around supermarkets?. A child came round one of the aisles straight into my trolley. I apologised don't know why but the child was crying so asked should I get the manager to see if he was alright No problem said, who I presumed to be, his mother he should look where he is going. I later saw the child running around the crowded car park.

On a similar note I was at work one day when a patient complained of chest pain. I said to the Staff Nurse to do his obs and I would get an ECG machine When I got back she said ' I can't do them ' the patient was sat texting on his mobile telling her to hang on. I reached out, took the phone off him ,switched it off and put it in his pocket ' Now you can 'I said

Well Done Busset. ???.

This sort of post makes my blood boil.
It just accentuates the ignorance of these awful people who really shouldn’t have children in the first place.

Unfortunately, there does seem to be an awful lot of hem around.
The poor children I feel,sorry for them being brought up by mindless cretins such as the Op described.

nipsmum sorry, but no matter what was going on in the mother's life, the care of her child near a busy road should be a priority.

Oldwoman70 Oh no! This, I am distressed to say, makes me confirmed in my fear that "something" is going wrong with the younger generation, the parent-generation of today. There is a completely different vibe for want of a better word. (I'm not at my best at the mo.) The uncaring, rude, 'people are just pawns in my game of life' attitude prevails. Not saying thank you used to irk me but this? An example of the end.....

off topic a little but recently in town a young girl passed me shouting at a young man behind her. They stopped and argued loudly in the same vein. Each sentence was punctuated with the f word. Some of us were shocked and exchanged looks. She was pushing a child in a buggy. Poor child. what chance does it have in life.

John Lewis Newcastle last week. I was going down the escalator. Woman my age 60-70 doing holiday care I guess. She had a baby in a push chair. About four steps ahead of me was a tiny little girl alone ,maybe a very small four year old but more likely three. I looked back to the woman and said shall I bring her back . The woman said she will come up on her own and was smiling. Of course by the time I got to the bottom child stumbled off and then hesitated in getting on . There was a young woman with two children going up and I asked her to take the child up. The child was only just grabbed in time by the young woman. I probably have not explained clearly the scenario but the child should not have been on her own. She was unsteady and no longer confident. And it was a grandmother? who hadn't a clue- giving her a treat by going on the escalator on her own? Then we see some posters who say they are not allowed to have their dgd on their own.

It never ceases to amaze me how many Mums pushing their Baby in the pram are so engrossed in their 'phone, that they push the pram straight out into the road without checking for traffic.
They spend 9 months carrying their precious bundle, probably have everything possible in the home, car, etc to ensure a safe and comfortable environment, yet they do this.
I just don't get it.
If they HAVE to check their blasted 'phones, then I wish that they would use a bit of common sense and do so in a safe place.