That's a very grown up response. Well done. To answer your question, no I have never complained about bikes - I seldom drive and think people riding bikes is great (shame about the lack of cycle paths).But at this time people need to ride them responsibly and teach their children to do similarly - or not ride them at all. My 4 year old child occasionally goes out with us on foot, him on his scooter. We have told him to jump off he sees other people on the pavement ahead and wait for our instruction. Pretty straightforward.
If you want young children to learn to ride their bikes in the road, you don't actually merit grown-up debate.
When my children were young enough for this to be an issue, I had my children stop to give pedestrians priority, because it is a matter of logical consideration. Cars (should) give cyclists priority on roads. By the same token, cyclists therefore give people on foot (the more vulnerable users) priority anywhere they share the same path. That was a philosophy I developed before I even had the internet, never mind MN. But do you know what I think when I see threads like this? Why did I bother being a considerate, compassionate human being, when people who have probably never even read an act of parliament in their life are unashamed of opining that young children should be on the road?
I cycle on the road because it is actually the law for an adult, and it scares me sometimes. I continue out of principle. Perhaps I shouldn't, seeing as so many only care about "me, me, me", and have no compassion for other people's safety.
Yes. I am really pissed off. Thank you for caring.