Young child caused accident on pavement

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AIBU to think that young children should not be allowed to be in charge of a pushchair on the pavement?

I was witness to an incident that happened on a busy street where a young child, aged around 8 was pushing a pushchair - occupied by a toddler - too fast, and collided with another pedestrian.

the injured person had been walking at a normal pace in the opposite direction but the child just charged straight into her causing her to fall and sustain quite a nasty impact injury.

The parents didn’t seem to get that the child had caused the accident, instead repeating that it was “just an accident, no-one was to blame”

i think otherwise.

I remember being on a school trip and the teacher telling me to give extra space to elderly pedestrians. If children are advised of reasons they need to be careful then it can prevent these accidents happening. The parents in this situation should have anticipated that it was maybe time to take control of the pram and the accident could have been avoided.

I don't think you are being unreasonable.

This is also the case with trolleys. A relative of mine had a child run into the back of them with a trolley in a supermarket and had to go to A&E because they were in so much pain.

Parents need to get off their phones and watch their kids better.

I felt sorry for the child who clearly didn’t understand that they had caused the accident

The only one deserving of any sympathy is the person that the child collided with.

Unfortunately, having parents that are incapable of seeing why this was a bad idea means there will be many more incidents like this.

Totally agree. I mean, it’s fine to let an eight year old push a pram, but an adult should be supervising and directing them if they are being unsafe.

100% this.