Tonight I noticed a youngster ( fourth grade age) pushing his sister (kindergarten age) in a shopping cart through the supermarket while the parents waited for service at one of the counters.
Shopping image: sxc.hu
He wasn’t merely pushing the cart; he was whizzing up and down the aisles, around the vegetable and fruit displays, bouncing the cart so I thought it might tip over.
Fortunately, as far as I know, he didn’t bump into another customer nor knock anything down. However, the supermarket, or any store isn’t the place for racing. I’ve also seen youngsters pushing siblings in the car type carts, each racing down an aisle, trying to see who could get to the other end first. The moms simply chatted while the race went on.
It’s not always easy to shop when you must take children with you, but are supermarkets and other stores play areas? Are there ways to control these activities?
Who would be to blame if someone got hurt, either another customer or one of the kids?
Post from: Blisstree