This story in yesterday’s Mirror made me think various things.
At the moment, the newsfeeds are filled with stories about going back to school, being careful driving near schools, and so on. The one topic that isn’t addressed in any of the stories I’ve seen is how the idiots who actually do the school runs should drive.
As a whole, the people who drive school runs are literally the worst drivers on the planet. They stop wherever they want, and once they’ve picked up their own brats they don’t give a toss about anyone else’s. They park on corners, on yellow lines, on the yellow zig-zags – anywhere. And once they’ve loaded their brood they just drive off (or do a u-turn) without consideration for anyone else. They’re worse than taxis.
So, this woman the Mirror talks about (from Manchester) is especially entertaining when she says she drives her kids the half mile to school – but she isn’t a bad mother.
I’ve got news for you about that, dear…
The kid is not going to get any exercise if you drive her such ridiculously short distances. She’s not going to learn any sort of independence and will rely on you until she’s old enough to drive herself. She won’t mix with other kids with you mollycoddling her. You can gloss it up as much as you like, but you are being irresponsible.