In thinking Mother and Baby car parking spots....

[Writerwannabe83]

....are actually for parents with babies/toddlers?

It was always my understanding that the wide spaces are for parents who have car seats and pushchairs to contend with, not for parents of 10 year olds who just want to park nearer to the shop, like a family that I saw today?!

I'm only moaning because I've just twisted and scraped my back trying to remove my car seat from my half closed back door door, in a very tight parking space whilst trying not to scratch the car I'm parked next to.

I was secretly fuming at those in the Mother and Baby spaces who surely shouldn't have been there, like the one I mentioned above.

And breathe

I have reported bigdogs post. One day people will stop and thing about what their use of such words means to others. But it seems disabalist attitudes are sadly still deemed acceptable by some.

It's the same word, different punctuation

Big dog - out of interest do you deem the use of racist language acceptable?

BINGO - terminally offended & PC do gooders. Just missed out on 'brigade'.

How do you stand on racism & homophobia bigdog? Is that all PC-gone-mad bollocks as well?

Haha, so you are pedantic about grammar, but hate speech is fine, you are a peach.

I reported fucktard last night, but everyone must be on holiday.

I do find it slightly amusing that someone defending their right to use 'fucktard' will correct punctuation - presumably to show how clever they are. Er......

People in the real world do not say those words on a daily basis actually. Not in my real world anyway, wouldn't fancy yours much.

Ds2 says his friends use retard all the time. But they're 12 and they have the sense not to use it in front of me. They're nice boys & girls - I expect they'll learn not to use it all by the time they're grown ups.

Make sure you avoid American films then people!

Well Harold we obviously live and work in very different environments then.

There is a cultural difference between the UK & USA. They're not keen on the word toilet for example.

However, there is actually quite a bit of campaigning amongst learning disabled groups to raise awareness about the offensive nature of the word 'retard'. I expect it will gradually stop being used do much - like spastic & mongol here which were fairly acceptable terms in the 70's.

Why are you so keen to use it? :genuinely baffled: Do you not have any friends/family members with learning disabilities?

Oh I meant in the USA. Disability groups - even in the States - are not keen.

People like Bigdog make me laugh/

They talk about the real world.

In the real world Bigdog wouldn't use that term in front of me.

Not twice anyway.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that those of us who care about this shit would smack you in the mouth sweetie.

www.r-word.org/

An American campaign regarding the use of the word retard. I have many online friends in America whose children have the same condition as my son, they find the word retard as insulting and offensive as any decent person in this country.

YANBU. P&C spaces should be in a safe corner away from the main entrance with a safe walkway to the door.
I have a disabled child who doesn't have a blue badge because he can walk - the difficulty is he can also run faster than me - into danger. Indeed if he could count and figure out running around a track he could probably be a talented distance runner. It is very hard now to get HRM or a blue badge for a child that can walk even if their disability means they cannot obey instructions and keeping safe is a challenge. And just before you flame me I don't use P&C spaces or blue badge spaces.

Magso, why wouldn't you use parent and child spaces?

Thankfully the real world isn't full of terminally offended, PC do-gooders and thankfully it isn't full of people like you.

To be told the word is disablist and use it anyway with a fuck you attitude makes the user sound ignorant and unpleasant.

I would say your need for p and c spaces was greater than most parents. Why won't you use the spaces?

That should have been 'wouldn't' obviously :)

If you think it would help with keeping your child safe then there is no reason why you should'nt use them.