Ewwww.....primary school kids in shopping trollies

Same. My ds is 4 nearly 5 and was terrified of the trolley seats so I put him in the trolley once, now routine is key and he has to go in the trolley. He's really unsure of heights when I say height I mean a chair is a height to him but obviously the trolley has sides so he doesn't bolt he's nervous because it's something that moves but loves it at the same time and I just can't push his disability pushchair and a trolley at the same time so in he goes works for us both, don't know how I'll ever get him out of the habit but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

There are signs to say children cannot stand up in the trolley. My children sit in the trolley.

I also haven’t been challenged in over 7 years of doing it. Why? Because this perspective seems only to exist on the internet, where people can have all kinds of opinions they wouldn’t dare say in real life. As I say, they’d look pretty silly if they did challenge me. What would they expect to happen?

You'd be challenged here, there are signs specifically saying not to put children in the trolleys.

Nice to see you have such disrespect for safety.

I agree I once saw a bad accident, a baby sat in the proper trolley seats, older sibling in the main trolley part. The older sibling stood up in the trolley part and reached over towards a stack of fruit, the trolley toppled, baby and sibling both hit the hard supermarket floor.

Maybe they've just bought them from the reduced shelf?

Children’s shoes are the least of your concerns where supermarket shopping trolleys are concerned.

Rats and their bodily functions, along with being used to hold rotten food in the warehouses is a far greater concern.

We're exactly the same - better for our autistic DS too - these kind of threads make me mega paranoid about all the things we do daily that people will be silently judging

I think that the chances are that the handle of the trolley and all the other stuff that you have to touch is probably worse. The amount of people who don't wash their hands after going to the loo is staggering!

Human beings need their immune systems challenged, that's how immunity builds up.you can always spray everything with dettol or anti bac when you get home. I once watched a documentary about asthma and other diseases where they said that modern obsession with sanitising everything isn't great. Not that we want to go back to babies and children dieing of preventable illnesses but maybe balanced approach is best. My autistic gd tests mud and moss etc. She's a very healthy, sturdy little girl.

Presumably you don't run your shoes all over the inside of a shopping trolley. It's not really a valid comparison

Having said this I don't really have much concern about trollers and hygiene

I think you'd catch more from 100s of unwashed hands on trolleys vs the shoes of a child. This is also why we wash unpackaged food before we eat it.

I carry anti bac as standard but with three kids, including a toddler and a baby.. Hope and health has forsaken me 😂

See My daughter is a very tall 6 year old who obviously don't fit into the seat part and she's autistic and she can't walk too much so I have no other choice but to put her into the main part of the trolley if I made her walk around the whole shop she'd get way to overwhelmed and she physically wouldn't do it

This is why I loved the disabled child trolley for DS with ADHD. He could get in the seat himself, no need to ride in the basket. Now he's much more reasonable and will actually walk around with me.

When I worked in retail the rubbish bags from the outside bins would be transported to the warehouse in a customer trolley. I'd worry more about the bin juice that kids tbh.

Probably covered in spider willys too 🤣

I'd be more worried about my DC getting dirty from the trolleys to be honest. They often look pretty filthy.

Maybe I'm really lax but my DC don't get changed after school until they need to for a club.

Ssshhhh Nobody tell op where potatoes and carrots come from...nor eggs for that matter!

Omg the loose fruit and veg. The veg that is grown in the ground that the cows shit in. The field mice that run the fields that the veg grows in. The rats in the fields. Honestly I would not worry about the child in the trolley!

The handles of shopping trollies and shopping baskets always feel sticky, possibly with all the nose pickers and bottom scratchers, you have reminded me to always clean the handles, however i've noticed some supermarkets, Asda in particular do not provide any sanitiser/blue roll in the foyer like they used to.

😂😂

Ah how I miss ending up a night out in a shopping trolley

My 5.5 year old still fits in the front seat part easily, my mum was shocked, it’s not that weird is it?! She’s normal size

Absolutely ridiculous thread!

Shirley all your shopping is wrapped up? Even loose fruit and veg? Therefore any scary germs etc, are not touching the food.
Obviously kids above toddlerhood shouldn't be in the trolley because of safety and all that jazz.

Never said for other people not to, but was just sharing why I would not.
If you read to the bottom, I even disagree with OPs argument!

I would also say that your comment kind of does prove a point though. Yes, lots of people die in car accidents, so the industry acts to improve safety - adding seat belts and airbags etc.

Children get hurt in trolleys, so the stores add guidance that children should be seated only in a particular way (i.e. in the designated seats) or up to a certain weight.