to think the lollipop lady shoildn't tell my son that he shouldn't ride his bike standing up?

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My son is six,and after having a bike for a while, I am letting him ride it to school (on the pavement, very carefully, with a helmet, and he has great manners anyway so no bumping into people!)

Anyway, after seeing Mighty Mites on CBeebies, he has learnt a new skill, to ride standing up, all part of BMX training stuff. (And I will happy to get him a BMX bike in the future, finances/circumstances permitting)

Yesterday, coming out of school my son was upset. He said the lollipop lady had said to him that he shouldn't ride his bike standing up - a skill he had learnt on Cbeebies! When he does this, it's only for thirty seconds or so! We were a few yards up the road when he explained why he was upset, so I suggested we return and politely explain why he was upset, for HIS closure...so we went back and very politely got the lollipop lady's attention. My son said he was upset, I told her that i had given my son permission to ride standing up

YOu gave your son permission to do stunts on/ next to a road when it's a newly acquired skill?

Sorry, I think YABU. What if he had lost his balance and fell into the path of an oncoming vehicle? Fine to practise new skills in a safe environment, but roadside is not one of them.

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YABU. The lolipop lady was within her rights to tell your son not to do something that is dangerius near a road.

YABVU. The lollipop lady was trying to stop your DS from having an accident. When children get cycling proficiency at school they are told very clearly NOT to do that. Stunts etc are not for the roadside.

You know what I was at A & E today with my daughter (fell over on her wrist at netball) and a young girl was brought in via ambulance because some muppet hadn't stopped at the lollipop until it was too late and the girls foot got trapped in the wheelarch of the car. Traffic is so heavy around schools anything can happen and you are encouraging your son to behave like a loony.

Someone else at school fell of their bike because another child stopped dead on the pathway and the child on the cycle crashed into them. Riding standing up especially at 6 is dangerous.

Don't be so bloody silly.

What fimbo said!!!

before I go off to watch the Omen I'll wager that the OP is....the lollipop lady.

YABU

It's scary enough for me walking with my toddler and 6 year old without other kids riding on the path near us....paths are for walking...I do nderstand that some children ar excelent riders and dismount when other people ar walking towards them...but some dont and riding standingup is silly...especially on a path!

Mightymites nver meant your son to do that on a path!

Take him to the park you daft woman!
On a pavement, near a school, with his mother too far away to control him and his bike to avoid accidents? No place for showing off.
The lollipop lady was the sensible one in this encounter.

YABVU agree with points others have made so wont repeat

maybe you should apologise to lolly lady,she was only doing her job and bet the incident upset her,she was only doing her job after all

yabu. child road safety is the essence of the lollipop lady's job!

I can't believe you went back to the LollyPop Lady to "explain"! Don't you think she has more to worry about than your son "being upset"?
YABsoVU about allowing your son to:
ride his bike on pavements near school and
ride standing up, which can hamper control if something untoward happens

As others have said, let your son discover his stunt BMX-style talents in the safety of a park or your back garden, not in a busy street full of children.

YABU. He shouldn't have been riding at all on the pavement or whilst crossing the road. You can't just get permission from your mam to break road safety rules. What if one of the drivers didn't stop because his mam had given him permission to not stop at the crossing?

YABVU!

The last time I saw a child (aged twelve so a considerably more experienced cyclist than a six year old) doing this was outside my DDs school where was waiting to pick her up.

Two minutes later he slipped off the pavement and into the path of a car.

Fortunatly as the traffic was fairly heavy and the poor lady who hit him wasn't going very fast, he got away with a minor head injury (no helmet stupid boy.)My daughter walking back from the local pool after a school activity lesson, saw him in the road covered in blood screaming. She is still affected by the memory of seeing her friend lying in the road.She thought he was dying.

Perhaps he should have watched ceebeebies for his cycling skills.

This is a joke, right?

I think that the lollypop lady was concerned for his safety - with good reason!

Perhaps save the 'tricks' for offroad bike tracks and ensure that he rides sensibly on road?

I agree with everyone else, she was looking out for your child and trying to make sure he was safe. You should be thanking her, not criticising her on here. Take her some chocolates and thank her properly.

Just waiting for a new thread to start 'AIBU for telling child off for cycling dangerously on my watch'.

Her brief us to ensure road safety around the school, not just get kids across the road. YABU.

Lol at going back to explain. Did the lollipop lady roll her eyes?