Aibu to not want my dc being strapped into Walk o dile

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Im prepared to be told I am being silly but, I feel uneasy about groups of children being strapped together.

At my dc nursery they have arranged a trip into town using a walk o dile. (Sorry don't know how to link). It's a so called safety device for keeping children safe when there are not enough adult hands available.

Aibu to think it looks unsafe because if one child falls so will others? Furthermore there are plenty of parents who would help if asked, nursery have said they don't want any parental help.

I just held his hand everywhere we went until he grew out of it - and waited longer than I would have liked to have DD (DC2) as I knew having 2 would be unmanageable. It's really not that hard

You're funny. My children came as a BOGOF deal. They do, sometimes, you know.

I leave this thread for 10 mins and return to this?!

Degrading and humiliation...chain gangs, outsourcing children.

Wow nice to see mn still has the posters who like to exaggerate

But the kids don't mind at all.

Chain gang did make me larf.

I'm shuddering to think of the Judgy McJudge pants comments a parent would get walking their yoked twins around town!

Would you really do that? Really?

Pulling a plough! That would get my nursery costs down, I'll pop it in their suggestions box

Seriously though, I don't see why this falls into a category of true horror while reins and hand-holding are ok. Do you think children on a walkodile are walking unsupervised, or not holding anyone's hand?

Would you really comment?

I just held his hand everywhere we went until he grew out of it - and waited longer than I would have liked to have DD (DC2) as I knew having 2 would be unmanageable. It's really not that hard
Our youngest DC are 11 months apart, DS2 was a lovely surprise. If they used a walkodile at nursery I'd just be pleased they were being kept safe! It's not like they're shackled at the wrists and ankles ffs!

...would you walk behind them cracking a whip

estateagentfromhell
"I'm shuddering to think of the Judgy McJudge pants comments a parent would get walking their yoked twins around town!

Would you really do that? Really?"

What do you suggest? You STILL haven't answered.

I looked at reins attached to a waisband for a while, yes, estate. Frankly, your a stranger's judgypants aren't my concern. Which is good, because mostly I just used the twin buggy until they were three or so, and we all know how impressed Judgy McJudge tends to be about that, don't we?

I would dangle a rice cake on a string in front of them.

Like oxen? There's an idea, they could actually attach some gardening device at he back and help out at the allotments!

Nah, they are fine. The children here actually get 'released' once in the playground or inside parks somewhere safe. It's not like 8 children are being dragged down the slide at once or being kicked over like dominos because one is on a swing with the others attached still.

I keep reading this as a 'walk-or-die'. Amnesty may be more interested in that!

They are not yokes at all. The straps seem to go across their bodies like seat belts then they hold the handles. Yikes go across necks and shoulders. Looks like a great safety invention to me.

Would you really comment?

No I wouldn't comment, I'm not a complete arse

Plenty would though, and for every comment that is actually made, there would be many many more silent judgers.

estateagent, what on earth is the difference between reins and a walkodile? And if it is degrading for children to be strapped up, how do you feel about car seats and straps in pushchairs?

Oh, and while my boys were "outsourced" to nursery, they used to use a toy crocodile to 'yoke' them together, effectively, when they were walking outside the daycare provider's grounds - half a dozen or more little hands holding onto a toy which may well originally have been intended as a draught excluder. Adorable and reasonably efficient, but it did rely on all of 'em following the rules and remembering not to let go.

Good grief - this thread has gone mad ! When my grandson was at nursery they used a Walkodile to take the children to the park as a change from the garden and guess what ? He loved it , the children sang as they walked along, were kept safe and now , age 10, he has suffered no ill effects !!

How do you know that, though?

Because it's how you feel?

Most people couldn't give a shite.

Plenty would though, and for every comment that is actually made, there would be many many more silent judgers

And that should bother me, or any parent making the right choice for their children, because...?

Yes, it's reflective harnesses that clip on to the frame, and handles they hold on to.

You STILL haven't answered

I have actually...if you want my honest opinion, the following would be preferable.

1. Well-behaved DCs holding hands with carer/each other (I know, I know)
2. Double buggy/Buggy board
3. Reins
4. Only going out with assistance. . . . .
5. Forming a chain gang of DC under the control of a non-family member while you go out to work.

Highly entertained by the chain-gang analogy

When I was at play school in the 70s, they used to take us to a nearby park. They'd tie several skipping-ropes together and we'd all walk inside it while the teacher held onto the two ends and walked in front.

I have had to have a lifetime of therapy to recover from the degradation and humiliation. Oh, wait...no, I haven't.

estateagentfromhell I'll ask you again, how would YOU manage walking along with THREE tiny children?