What mainstream things do you NOT allow your children to do?

jellyhead

valk_scot wrote: »

I'm not yet at the point of letting him go to festivals that involve an overnight stay.

I wouldn't let mine go to a festival for 5 days when he was 15 (the youngest in his class, so his friends were 16). There were various factors involved though - I didn't really know the adult who was taking some of them, and my son looked around ten years old so he would have needed an adult to get through the gate. Also, his friends were very heavy drinkers, and as my teeny tiny son weighed less than half of what they did I was worried that he'd get alcohol poisoning more easily than they would.

If one of my brothers had been going, or an adult I knew well, I might have let him go, although they were late back and missed one of their GCSE exams, so I probably still wouldn't let him go in he had exams and was with people who'd encourage him to get drunk.

My brother reminded me that I'd lost him at a Metallica gig when he was 15, and he'd been trampled at the front and we thought his arm was broken. That was just a 1-day gig though, whereas this was a 5-day thing.

fawd1

emma-uk wrote: »

I've never encountered a problem putting my 4 year old in a trolley, who has trollies with this 2 year limit?

It's not an age limit, it's a weight limit. Sadly my eldest was at the 5-6 year height and weight range by 3, so I didn't want to put him in it/ BUT he was still a child, so what options do I have really? It's all very well to say, be stricter, make them walk etc etc, but when you have 2 children less than 18 months apart, then frankly you fight for survival. If I take 1 out individually they're great, walk the whole way and don't complain. When there's 2, I make the choice and decide I'd rather come out of the shop sane!!

jellyhead

fawd1 wrote: »

It's not an age limit, it's a weight limit. Sadly my eldest was at the 5-6 year height and weight range by 3, so I didn't want to put him in it/ BUT he was still a child, so what options do I have really? It's all very well to say, be stricter, make them walk etc etc, but when you have 2 children less than 18 months apart, then frankly you fight for survival. If I take 1 out individually they're great, walk the whole way and don't complain. When there's 2, I make the choice and decide I'd rather come out of the shop sane!!

I have a gigantic youngest who certainly wouldn't fit in a trolley at the age of 2. It's so much easier to manage if you only have one young child though (there's a 9 year gap between mine, so eldest didn't need close supervision when youngest was toddling) and I don't really realise how tricky safety is until I'm with a friend who has more than one toddler.

I was able to hang a shopping basket onto the handle of my pram, which was useful for small shopping trips.

patchwork_cat

ringo_24601 wrote: »

My wife has issued a 'no gun-like toys' ruling - i think that's our only one

Well that is a waste of time. We had that and my DS shot me with a piece of jigsaw and brio! He picked this up from playing with other children at playgroup and NCT coffee mornings.