My friend is up in arms because she found her 4 yr old DS in the road outside nursery the other day. Someone left the gate open and he wandered out. While she was busy having a chat. Luckily there were no cars around at the time.
When she first told me how angry she was, I assumed she meant with her DS. But she is angry that none of the other mums stopped him or told him to go back in. I can just about see her point there, but now she is trying to get everyone to complain to the (lovely) nursery about their security. I don't think that's necessary - there is a sign telling you to keep the gate closed, but these things happen, and personally I think parents need to be really strict about children learning to stop at the road. I'm 99% certain my 4 yr old would stop, due to extensive training, and I'd come down extremely hard on him if he didn't, especially without looking first.
This particular mum is.....vague I would say. She certainly thinks it's normal for a 4 yr old to not know about stopping at roads.
Am I being unreasonable?
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to think if you can't be bothered being strict about road safety you should watch your child properly?
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Cobweb95 · 16/03/2010 09:28
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