[blparent] where kids shouldn't ride

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

How awful!  I've let Sarah stand on the front of the cart and ride, but now 
that's not going to happen again.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 12:01 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] where kids shouldn't ride

> Hello, Carla reminded me of a subject I thought I should approach as a 
> blind
> parent we are naïve.
> It seems simple enough, our children should ride in the place on a 
> shopping
> cart designated for sitting.  It is in front and usually, but not always 
> has
> a seat belt and places for their legs to hang through.
> Kids shouldn't ride in the basket as they can get their little fingers 
> stuck
> in the bars or if they stand up, they could fall and harm themselves.
> They should never ride under the basket as they could smash or break their
> hand or arm or get their hair stuck in the wheels.
> They should never ride on the side of the grocery cart as it can flip over
> and smash your child.
>
> The last one happened to a friend of mine, sighted mom, sighted child and
> the basket flipped and the child fell smashing his little head onto a curb
> in the parking lot.  He died.
> Gab  used to ride in the sitting spot and when she was too big, she'd hold
> on to the basket.  No riding, no messing around.
> V