Generally when it comes down to other people parenting I try not to be judgey. We all have our individual circumstances and parenting is hard.
But last night on my commute back from work. I did put my best judgey pants on. Woman stopped behind me in the car acting all cool as a cucumber with shades on etc...and then I spot a you child (around 3years old) roaming in the car. Coming next to mummy, standing in the middle etc... I was absolutely horrified that the child was not in a car seat and safely strapped in. He wasn't even seated. Why why why would anyone do that to their child? A smallish bump would probably have been enough to send him flying in the windscreen. So AIBU??? I had to really restrain myself not to get out of my car and talked to her.
AIBU?
To judge and think you stupid stupid woman!
lifeistooshort · 10/06/2016 09:32
My office window is right by a very narrow (half normal width) pavement. My desk is directly under the window, and so if people park there, because of the drop kerb to get into our office, I am generally level with their front seats. I am also VERY close - at times I wonder if people are going to open their passenger doors into my desk - not even the distance of a standard supermarket parking bay away.
About six weeks ago, this lady and I use the term loosely came back to her car, opened the passenger door (on the pavement side) and put her child (about 18 months old) into the car seat, standing up. She then went round the car and got into the driver's seat, I presumed she would then deal with strapping the baby into the seat properly rather than struggle to do it through a door that can only be partly open...but she just put the keys in and drove off, with her child standing up in the child seat on the passenger seat 
About a fortnight ago, the same car was there when I arrived at work. I noticed the lady come back to the car and put the small child in to the seat in the same way - and gave her a Mumsnet patented Paddington Bear Hard Stare. She noticed me (she was fiddling with her phone too, which makes it bloody worse), stopped pulling away, and actually strapped the child in and put the phone into the hands-free holder mounted on the dash.
My colleague was astounded at the fact that she'd actually noticed me but more at the fact that she actually paid attention. Apparently she's been not strapping the child in the car for at least six months, every couple of weeks, and just driving off! She's due back today...let's see what happens...
Leaving our nyrsery one day AnonymousBird one dad put his 2yo on his lap to help steer 
Told me to fuck off when I asked if he had a childseat.
However, I'm in Spain which is a very 'family oriented' country. Yeah.
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I saw a young girl of about 17 come through the drive thru with a 6 month old on her lap as she was driving with no car seat even in the car i was the whole time i served her she got the same reaction from my co workers too it was disgusting to see
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