Monday, April 12, 2010
Really!? Safety/School Issues
My youngest got a paper today informing parents of a Head Start/PreK meeting for parents about safety (car seat safety, fire safety, street safety etc.). It makes so frustrated and angry about this meeting. If the director (not associated with the local school) of Head Start/PreK was really concerned about the children's safety then maybe she needs to look out her door every once in a while and see how many kids are unproperly restrained in vehicles and/or playing in the road. Every day I see young children standing or sitting in the front seat of a car and sometimes its more than one child in the same seat. I want to call the parents in but the cops in this town could care less!! It seems that they want to talk about important things after something tragic happens. We had a 5 year old boy that ran over because he was playing in the street alone! I see kids (younger than 5) playing outside alone all the time and it frightens me, just because of strangers and drivers that like to go 50 mph down a road. You can't let kids be out of your sight these days! This director is not very professional anyway, she called me a liar and I proved her wrong and I got no apology and now she doesn't even look at me or say anything and this incident happened 6 months ago! Anyway, the issues at this meeting parents should already know (its called common sense) and talk to their kids about it too, but NO, some parents think that the school should teach the students these issues and that school is a babysitter. Also, if the school is concerned about student safety than why do they let a 5 and 3 year old wait outside the school for their parent, or how do they know for sure when kids ride the bus that their parents/guardians are home. This town could have kids 3-5 year olds staying home alone, which is a scary thought to me! Some people might think I'm to over protective just because I don't let my kids alone in a public bathroom, are still in a car seat/booster, I walk my kids to class (both of them), not alone in the front or backyard. You may never know!
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