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.

Genius idea, as long as it keeps the child safe, and from wandering off, that is great. You have trusted the safety of your child to the school, let them do what they see fit to ensure that safety. If it means using those walking devices so be it.

No, its not - it goes around their waists!

It's a slippery slope this. Working mothers, nurseries, toddler chain gangs, boys in leggings! We're all just riding the walkodile to the end of humanity.

Op if you don't trust your childcare provider to be able to look after your child in a perfectly normal scenario that hundreds of thousands of children have done before and many do every day then just say your child is not allowed to go.

Santa is that a x post, or can you not actually read?

We're all just riding the walkodile to the end of humanity.

I know you feel adult supervision is the best, sometimes they don't always have sufficient adult to children ratios, due to illness etc. Sometimes out in public, there are more dangers than in a safe nursery, school environment.

That's presumably a different model, estateagent. The ones at my DC'S nursery have reflective harnesses and handles. (Also a mule dragging them along at the front, of course.)

Estate - Do you make commision on the houses you sell at vastly inflated prices to families?

I guess I'm saddened and entertained in equal measure - it does seem to be what the world's come to though...

I would never use one, and would never allow DCs to go to a nursery that did either.

Horses for courses, eh?

I would still piss myself if I ever saw one in public though

OT but wow those 6 seater buggies on the walkodile site are amazing! Perhaps the strapped together herd of older children could pull the younger ones along in it, win/win.

Aibu to think it looks unsafe because if one child falls so will others?
I thought that too but don't forget they are so close to the ground that there is enough give for them not to "domino" all of the other kids over.

Here is a video of it in action -

Estate "The culture of both parents working full time and DCs being looked after in childcare settings is a very worrying direction for society to go in."

Both parents working has been the norm for decades. Longer. The form of childcare has changed, though. In Victorian times, of course, children were put to work either formally (mills, factories, sweeping chimneys etc) or informally (piecework at home with family, street selling for the family etc). Later on, while mothers worked, their children were cared for either by other family members, or other local women. The only difference is that now the situation is formalised.

Estate I missed your post, apologies. I fail to see though how this is different from reins!

Could you yoke twelve of them together, give them all antler headbands, and fasten a Santa's sleigh behind them?

You could charge for rides and make a bloody fortune.

"waited longer than I would have liked to have DD (DC2) as I knew having 2 would be unmanageable."

It doesn't always work that way. I actually fell pregnant with DD2 whilst on the mini pill. DD1 was 7 months old, so there I was with a 16 month and a newborn. Soon I had two very young walking children, and yes, I used reins, and no, I give not a shit what anyone else thinks of that.

Ah the one I've seen doesn't go round the waist

It has wrist straps instead

Not really relevant, but I actually had an estate agent from hell, I am a lovely SAHM

Don't let me stop you with the personal attacks though - go ahead; play the man, not the ball!

Estate how do you propose my husband and I afford to live without 2 salaries?

*Could you yoke twelve of them together, give them all antler headbands, and fasten a Santa's sleigh behind them?

You could charge for rides and make a bloody fortune.*

Fuck me, I am actually weeping now

For goodness sake, it wasn't a personal attack it was a question.

You are lucky to be a SAHM. The reality is very different for millions of families.

kungfu - that is genius.

And, estateagent (liking the tautological username, by the way), I'd be very wary of "I'd never..." statements, if I were you.

Estate, to come back to your earlier post: if they won't hold hands nicely, and you can't get a triple buggy (or twin one) in there, and you don't have your helper with you, that leaves reins, and the walkodile is that really, isn't it?

The one at the front would have to have their nose painted red, obvs.

There are people who would judge you to hell and back for using reins, too, believe me. I've met some of them (usually on US-based parenting groups - guessing they don't approve of reins over there?). Someone asked if it was okay to have their 2-year-old in a leash backpack just as a one-off at the airport, and there was this horrified chorus of "my God, no!" as if she'd suggested checking it into the cargo hold.

The 1950s are calling you back