Benefits to society? Thoughts please - Page 2

[earthgirl]

Originally Posted by calpurnia

well, are wheelchair users to stay out of the way of other people because of the size of their "footprint"? are parents who can't babywear for medical reasons to be discouraged from attending public spaces since their child will take up too much space in their pram? are fat people using more than their fair share of space?

& are babies only acceptable if we make them as invisible & inconvenient as possible?

i carry the baby on the tube/bus because i can't face getting a pram on/off, through the people etc. but if it were more convenient to me & my baby to use a pram, i would like the needs of a mother/baby dyad to be respected in our society.

on the other hand, i do think that bugaboos are entirely unreasonable in size. couldn't you just use a nice foldaway maclaren?

I don't disagree that the rights of mother and baby should be respected. And as others have said, I don't think anyone is complaining about people who rely on wheelchairs, or people who cannot babywear. I am confused about your comment about the strollers, though. I mean, what does the size of the stroller have to do with it? I guess I'm confused that you seem to be supportive of people using strollers, but only if their of a certain size? Or maybe you were just being facetious? FTR, we have a BOB, which is gigantic and takes up at least 2 seats on the train.

[Hannahkatiebell]

I really do credit our son's sweet and kind personality to wearing him often as a newborn.