parking in parent parking with a 5yr old?

[littlemoominmamma]

hello,

Title says it all really... is she getting a bit too old? Or should i continue just because it feels soo much safer. What age is too old?

toddlerama - thanks for the tip unfortunatly no child lock ........ any more ideas where to search??

It's fine to carry on parking in parent and child spaces IMO for as long as your child is in a car seat and you need space for getting him/her in, out and safely attached with the seat belt.

Can't you hop in on the other side and do her up sitting next to her?

YES YABU - this drives me mad. But not as mad as people with no kids at all who park in them, which is really common.

Not if you have more than one child in a car seat or other large children in the way!

if the sign says for 5 and under - that's who can use it like it or not basically!

Nah SEA,once ds4 is past 5 (a while pff yet, 20months)if the only way I can keep ds3safe in a car park is to park naughtily then I shall do it anyway. Rather a fine I can't aford than a squashed ds3 in all truth.

And as I cannot know why other people may be apkring there, as long as they have kids (or a blue badge) then I shall refuse to care.

If they need help buckling up their seatbelts then I think that is justified to use them

My DS is 5 and I would still use the space (if I could ever find one) as he still needs help fastening his seatbelt over the booster and I find it impossible to lean accross him to do this without my fat ass banging my car door into the vehicle in the next space.
As soon as both my DD are old enough to do their own straps, I'll move back onto normal spaces.