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Children face danger from selfish parents
Parents worry constantly about the safety of their children, it's a lifelong situation that goes with the job. Given that fact, it is hard to comprehend the mentality of those parents who then go on to routinely put the lives of their own and other people's children in danger – by their selfish parking.
Every day parents park badly and dangerously outside schools while dropping off or picking up their own offspring. They park on pavements, forcing children to walk in the road, they park on the very double-yellow lines and zig-zags painted there to indicate that an area is unsafe for parking.
Schools all over the region are facing a constant battle with these parents and are having to devote time and energy they could otherwise spend on teaching our children, to devising ways to stop this pathetic behaviour.
They are resorting to naming and shaming parents, to patrolling and monitoring and to involving the police. And their patience is running out.
The simple fact is that for the sake of saving themselves a few extra yards walk, some adults are prepared to gamble with young lives.
To any parent who has indulged in this pathetic behaviour we say this: If you have not caused an accident then think yourself lucky, and remember that one day your luck will change.
Driven to despair
Just how much more frustrating can public transport become? Passengers embarking on a journey by bus or train in Leeds can face many problems, from the unreliability of the service to the cost of the journey.
Now, another has been added to the list: the disappearing driver.
Passengers on the 50A First Bus found themselves unexpectedly stranded at the bottom of Eastgate in Leeds when the driver stopped the bus and left.
He left behind several confused passengers and a frustrated queue of would-be travellers.
It turns out that one driver had finished his shift and the replacement was late, having forgotten something. But no one told the passengers.
Whatever the cause of the delay, the least travellers can expect is to be informed about the cause.
Signing up
Babies have their traditional method of communication – a crying infant can usually make its needs known.
But now parents are joining sign language classes which teach their youngsters a whole new range of communication tools.
It sounds great fun, just as long as they don't pick up the traditional playground sign language which has made many a parent wince.
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