Quote Originally Posted by Calm View Post
RANT COMING - in fact you have mentioned it so you know what to expect and i always thought it was part of parenting to give some disapline and teach your kids to do it the right way not just say to the car owner "sorry you know what kids are like" or even worse just drive off and not mention it. Be a parent and remind the kids to be careful every time you park the car - its not hard - ITS YOUR JOB as a parent - you dont let them run straight out in front of traffic at pedestrian lights and just say "you know what kids are like", when they are under a moving car, so why not when parking ( oh i forgot its not your car they dent)
I always thought the extra space in the "parents with prams" parks, was room to allow the parent to assemble the pram in a safe area. (Have you tried to assemble some of those things) Having had to assemble a pram in the middle (an exaggeration, but you know what I mean) of the road myself and almost being hit by cars travelling around looking for parks. I congratulate the addition They are also close to the door so the kids don't have to be walked so far through the carpark (That You will probably find is the shop covering their unreasonable insurance risk, the old CYA)