Car safety regs was: How to fit them into cars... was Re: large families

[Guest guest]

We have a police schools liaison officer who comes in to talk to the

pupils - do you have one ? perhaps you could mention it?

Or talk to the head teacher - mention your concerns - perhaps see if he

thinks you could get a police officer to come and hang around at going

home time.... I nkow it is not technically the school`s responsibility

but he/she may have wise words.

Barbara

> There's a mum in 's class who drives her daughter to and from

school without a car seat. >

[Guest guest]

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>

> That's ridiculous!! What if the child insisted on throwing himself

> off a cliff - would she let him do it because he otherwise would

have

> a tantrum?!

> Mum to Emilia (3) and Sebastian (1)

I agree totally ridiculous.. but I just did not see the point in

arguing

with her over this as she is the type who just " knows " she is right..

In mid September after we had gone back to playgroup she was chatting

with another mum who has a son same age as her son and she said

something

about them starting school and when was the womans son 4.. so she

replied Oh this week (mid September) and 1st mum (the one who never

uses car seat) said OH my good HOW ANNOYING he could have been in

school you must be guttet... so mum said actually I rather like it

this way he gets to be one of the oldest in his class not the

youngest and I think that is much better.. she replied. OH gosh I rang

everywhere i could think of to find out if someplace would take

Josh.. full time he is so much trouble and I just wish that he had

been born 1 month earlier so he would have been in school now...

(I nearly said well send him to a nursery if he is that much bother

to you but didn't...) but Josh was standing RIGHT next to her and

hearing your mum talking like that about you is just horrible..

I think she is just really thoughtless.. when she realised I was pg

this time she said OH MY GOOD you are mad.. how old is the oldest..

then said OH well obviously a mistake this one.. and could not

believe me when I said no...

Lonnie (who went on a bit of a rant <G>)

[Guest guest]

>We have a police schools liaison officer who comes in to talk to the

>pupils - do you have one ? perhaps you could mention it?

>Or talk to the head teacher - mention your concerns - perhaps see if he

>thinks you could get a police officer to come and hang around at going

>home time.... I nkow it is not technically the school`s responsibility

>but he/she may have wise words.

>

>Barbara

Our local school had something like this - mostly in connection with

parents parking on the no parking area outside the school. I don't

know whether they talked to the pupils but they all got a letter for

parents from the council's safety team, plus a leaflet on seat belts

and a warning that there would be patrols.

Hasn't made a lot of difference :-(

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jennifer@...

Vaudin