To think its irresponsible

[peacefuloptimist]

For Cbeebies to encourage puddle-jumping?

Are they going to take on the responsibility (for all the parents whose kids can no longer walk past puddles without hurling themselves in to them) of purchasing waterproof footwear for children and washing puddle-splattered clothing? No? Then stop with all the propaganda about puddle-jumping being the next best thing since sliced bread.

AIBU?

The sooner they turn peppa into a bacon sarnie the better imo.

Far more welcoming on a Saturday morning.

YANBU

Have they not seen the dangers of puddles as illustrated by the vicar of dibley?

YABU.

Puddles are there for jumping in.

Avoid being splashee by becoming the splasher.

I don't think children need any encouragement to jump in puddles!

Puddle jumping should be compulsory. There is no better childish pleasure. When mine were small we used to go out on focused puddle hunts

Kids can hardly do anything in today society! Allow them puddle jumping! U r being v v v unreasonable

I have a few mental Kodak moments, where I wish I had a camera but my memory will have to do. The biggest one is taking my 2 chn, then probably aged 2 and 3, out onto our quiet road in the rain, to jump in puddles. We got soaked but absolutely loved it.

childhood is the state that ends the moment a puddle is first viewed as an obstacle instead of an opportunity

• best quote ever - and proves i am still a kid!!!

Love that macreturn. Me too :)

YABVU you are probably one of those annoying parents who complain when their precious darlings come out of school/preschool with a spec of mud or paint on them.

Yubu, if you can't jump puddles as a child when can you?

Aw it's free fun. Let them enjoy it. That's what primark is there for. For £2 leggings and t shirts that can get wet and ruined without costing u a fortune. :)

Great quote btw :)

Clothes can be dried, memories cant be lost so YABU.

YABVU I too encourage the jumping in of puddles. Wellies were invented for such a pastime, and all should indulge.

I have maintained for many years that we would have world peace if the leaders took a puddle jumping break during meetings.

I bought wellies just so I can go puddle jumping with the kids, it's brilliant and great exercise too

I love that quote too by the way

Yabu. There's nothing better than care-free puddle jumping as a kid. I love macreturns quote.

Bah humbug!

You have all been indoctrinated too. Puddle jumping? That's something you would get in trouble for when I was younger not celebrated like an Olympic sport.

Your parents were obviously as miserable as you then. That shows that puddle jumping = happiness!

We were always encouraged to jump in puddles except when wearing 'best' clothes

Let's see how fun you find it when your child comes home from school with mud splattered socks/trousers and their sensible school shoes completely waterlogged and ruined. And Madcap if I had school aged dcs I would mist definitely be that mum. sniff

Your mum sounds fun.

I have a sort of pal who is a bit like that - the kids aren't allowed to get dirty...must be pristine at all times. Deffo no puddles.

I have "whoever makes the biggest splash wins" competitions.

Takes all sorts.

We all have that OP. We put the trousers in the washing machine and the shoes on the radiator.
All remains well.

*most

of course yabu puddles are for jumping in, like pictish said that's what washing machine and radiators are for.

Do you live in some weird world, OP, where the clothes can't be washed and the shoes won't dry?

You would have probably had a heart attack the day my son came out of preschool with his jumper covered in green paint. His teacher assured me he was even wearing a smock...