Does that EIGHT YEAR OLD have broken legs...?

[Monterey Jack]

Saw some dude pushing a kid in a baby stroller at work today...and the "baby" in question looked about eight years old.

For the record, the stroller looked akin to this:



Kid, of course, had his face buried in a smart phone. And this kid did not appear to be mentally or physically challenged in any way from a cursory glance, he looked like a normal eight-ish kid.

Fuck's WRONG with parents these days?! I couldn't imagine how mortified I'd be at that age if my parents were pushing me through a grocery store in a goddamn stroller. It's like that line in the recent Good Boys, where one of the 12-year-old protagonists yells at one point, "This isn't a sippy-cup, it's a fucking JUICE BOX, because I'm no longer an INFANT!"

[CyberLurch]

Can you say 'helicopter parents in development?' This kid is going to fail at life, HARD.

It's been said before and it'll be said long after I'm gone.... "I fear for future generations."

[YamiNoHime]

Or the child could have a hip problem that isn't obvious from the outside. But those kids tend to have something more like a wheelchair...

[Pixelated]

Yeah. I would think stuffing a kid with hip problems into something like that would just make their condition a whole lot worse.

[Monterey Jack]

If a kid is out of diapers, he shouldn't be in a goddamn stroller.

[telecom_goddess]

If a kid is out of diapers, he shouldn't be in a goddamn stroller.

agreed! It sounds like they have two good legs to WALK with. I would never push a kid that big in a stroller. Damn, either people let their kids run wild and pay no attention at all, or they baby them to death.

[rvdammit]

Or the child could have a hip problem that isn't obvious from the outside. But those kids tend to have something more like a wheelchair...

Or even prolems with the ankles so no positioning aids needed, just limited standing/walking times.

[Mental_Mouse]

Not all handicaps are obvious, or even visible.

[judecat]

You mean like one of these. That's a $1,600 pediatric wheelchair. https://www.indemedical.com/Convaid-Cruiser_p_2372.html