Is school run on a scooter really that embarrassing ?

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Talking about what I wanted for Xmas and my upcoming birthday ( big 30 😭😭😭)
I asked for a scooter with very odd reactions from my DP and DS 🤣
I wanted it because mY DC ride their scooters to school and so thought I would join them !
They think it’s embarrassing for me and DC 🤣
Are they right ?

My teen / pre teen dc would die of embarrassment. Younger dc would probably not be bothered.

@Walkaround

Another thing that adults look extremely silly doing, but which makes me feel much more cheerful than walking or running, is skipping (without a rope). Threaten to skip to school with your kids if they think a scooter is embarrassing .

DD and I used to occasionally gallop from the car to school 😂😂

Plenty of adults using scooters here, it is great if you need to get somewhere quickly, not unusual at all and I am surprised so many people say adults should not use them.
Get the one with the bicycle style breaks- makes all the difference for convenient ride.

The posters saying that adults scooting is embarrassing are probably the ones that policed what was cool at school and we all know what bold, original thinkers they were!

I have an adult scooter, alas I don't do the school run any more.
We have hire scooters in our city too - like the Boris bikes.

My husband bought an adult scooter for the school run and I made him take it back. Sorry but it's tragically embarrassing!

I see a woman coming home from work on an electric scooter and I think she does look a bit silly. Last year I saw a woman on a really tiny non electric one twice and she looked ridiculous, I thought maybe her child rode it to school or nursery and she was riding it back

99% of ppl I see on scooters are mid teen males with full tracksuits on, hood up, man bag. Every one a carbon copy

I think the fact your DC's have told you it's embarrassing would be enough to stop me doing it.

If your son thinks it is embarrassing then don't do it. I am cringeing for the poor boy.

I used to walk 45 minutes each way to work and I seriously considered an adult scooter then. However, I was 22. I'm not sure I'd use one now that I'm 30, plus I've never seen an adult on one around here so I'd be the weird scooter lady

So if the kids scoot to school & you walk, are they too fast to keep up with now?

Why are you now wanting a scooter?

I live in Barcelona and have always ridden a scooter to take my kids to school as do many parents here. I have one from Decathlon with a little platform for a child to stand on so my 3 year old comes with me and my 9 year old rides alone. They aren't embarrassed at all. Agree with PP who thinks its weird how many people are saying a mode of transport which does not harm the environment is "embarrassing".

Embarrasing to the kids and completely twattish. No, absolutely not for adults. Ever.

No sorry...my DC would have cried with embarrassment if I had done that . When they are adults and over the teen awkwardness then you can do what you like!!

They would,look stupid where I am. Pretty rural and not at all city like. An electric bike would be a better bet, or just a normal bike. Dutch style would go down well here.

The coronavirus has restricted us in so many ways...if there is a tiny window of feeling joy and saying "whheeeeeee!" then I implore you to take it.

I think it's a British thing, we're generally very uptight as a nation, not progressive and forward thinking like some European cities. People who think its embarrassing are very limited in their thinking and world view

Older kids think their parents very existence is an embarrassment.

Pay them no heed. Take the joy were you can.

Playing on a scooter definitely puts you in the womanchild category

Why is everyone so bothered about strangers thinking we look a bit of a twat? One of the joys of hitting adulthood is you really don't need to care what people think. Actually one of the joys of parenthood is embarrassing the kids, not in a Madonna undignified way, but if you want to have a bit of fun then do so! If you want a scooter, get one, just stay in the bike lane and don't pavement hog.

Feel really embarrassed for a woman I know who scoots around with full hair and makeup, cinched ski jacket and gym gear underneath. Mortifying. I can’t see beyond this one example.

Playing on a scooter definitely puts you in the womanchild category

And why should people care what you think?

Never sure why parents carry scooters home. We leave them at the bike rack and scoot home on them. DD needed her bike in school on a day the childminder was picking up, we just left it overnight. Maybe I'm efficient / lazy.

@DailyCandy

Feel really embarrassed for a woman I know who scoots around with full hair and makeup, cinched ski jacket and gym gear underneath. Mortifying. I can’t see beyond this one example.

Why?

If she doesn't care why do you?

The only time that people should care is if it is causing a nuisance on pavements.

Feel really embarrassed for a woman I know who scoots around with full hair and makeup, cinched ski jacket and gym gear underneath. Mortifying. I can’t see beyond this one example. but why would you be embarrassed for a complete stranger keeping fit?