Parent and child spaces - would you sign this petition?

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A woman has set up a petition for safeguarding parent and parking spaces for under 5s here

Use reins like I have to with my 8 year old. Reins and pram is easily doable.

my memory is shit, but not that shit! We had 3 under 4 at one point (they are now 9,8 and nearly 5), I remember some pretty horrendous car journeys and trips to the supermarket, but getting them in and out of the car, no.

It may be that the horrendousnous that is getting ds in and out of the car has completely clouded my memory and made me remember it as all rainbows and unicorns.

I remember it well. I remember that I avoided the supermarket at busy times at all costs unless absolutely necessary. I still do and I haven't got small DC.

I always thought they were near to the shop for safety too. Surely if a car park doesn't have paths through it like our local store it's a lot safer if you only have to go over one zebra crossing or cross one road rather than walk through the whole car park? I find people drive dangerously through car parks quite often and find it stressful trying to get my baby and toddler into the store safely quite often. Especially when ds is refusing to walk/ hold my hand. I reckon if they moved them there would be plenty more accidents

Just as an aside - These wrist straps are quite good for children who won't hold your hand.

If toddler won't walk then pick up and carry them. Again doable with a pram.

Samcro, I feel the same way. Such utter selfishness on the part of some people.

Do you not feel that the "I will park where I like regardless of who it inconveniences" attitude is selfish or is it just parents parking in their allocated spaces that is so annoying?

I think that attitude would apply to people parking in BB spaces Singsong and agree it is very selfish.
The fundamental premise of the allocation of P&C spaces is quite flawed, so shoppers who are actually paying customers of the supermarket are not going to feel obliged to honour parking spaces which disrespect so many needy groups in society. I would certainly not avoid parking in one if it was for the convenience of my 80 year old mother, for instance.

And what if it was for the convenience of you. Just you. Would that be ok?

Worth noting too of course that the bb scheme only applies on the side of a road. There is no legal requirement to abide by the signs for disabled parking in supermarkets. People do so because they understand that to ignore such signage would be very selfish and make life difficult for someone else.

Well yes, Singsong, if there's no other spaces free in the supermarket I am not going to drive home without my shopping so that some self entitled mummy can have a space all nice and waiting for her when she arrives.

And of course people with any decency are going to respect BB spaces regardless of whether they're a legal requirement of not. What's that got to do with P&C spaces?

And what if it was for the convenience of you. Just you. Would that be ok?
I have done, I'd had brain surgery and was feeling very tired. I thought it was OK at the time and still do. I wouldn't use one today as I feel fine.

Would there ever be a circumstance when the hundred or so normal spaces were full while the 8 p&c ones were empty?? Can't imagine that somehow.

Worth noting too of course that the bb scheme only applies on the side of a road. There is no legal requirement to abide by the signs for disabled parking in supermarkets.
But only a cunt wouldn't do so.
WTF has that got to do with bloody P&C spaces anyway?

Well strangely enough singsong I have sometimes been driving around and around waiting for a space to come free and someone has reversed out of a P&C space.

Kate- I agree. It's got nothing to do with it but lots on here have referred to them so I thought it worth clarifying.

But Singsong, no one on here has said that they would even consider parking in a BB space, so that post makes no sense whatsoever and neither does your explanation.

But Singsong, no one on here has said that they would even consider parking in a BB space, so that post makes no sense whatsoever and neither does your explanation.

Exactly ballet, it makes no sense at all. God these threads are always ridiculous. MrsDV summed it all up well about 10 pages ago.

I think P and C spaces are nice to have but not necessary. At our local supermarket they have "expectant Mother" spaces right next to parent and child.

I don't think P&C spaces and Disabled spaces are comparable. Personally I think Parent and child spaces are more trouble than they are worth.

I don't understand these threads. This is a parenting site, primarily frequented by parents, yet when there's discussion about something like P&C spaces, designed to help parents, most poster feel the need to slag them off dismiss them as unnecessary, for lazy people, indulgent, blah blah. No matter if it might mean one or two fewer children get hit by cars in carparks

When I had my DC a few years ago the Tommee Tippee Perfect PRep machine hadn't been launched. I remember DH and I having sleep-deprived fantasy conversations about the incredible all-in-one dishwasher/steam steriliser/water heating machine we would invent to make our millions. When we visited a friend who'd just bought a PP machine for her second baby, I didn't start saying "I find it pathetic that parents today feel that these are essential". I said "Oh you lucky thing! I am so glad you got one of these for DD2!"