I picked up Josh from school this afternoon. Living up north, its been turning cold all throughout the day, and ice seems to be everywhere(I haven't seen a sander/salter truck). There is a crosswalk from the school to the side street, signs are posted. We got to the end of the sidewalk, and like I taught MY kids, they stopped and LOOKED both ways. There was a pick up trucking coming along....it did not look like they were speeding at all...so we were going to wait for him to past or for him to stop(some cars still don't stop and keep going, never making eye contact with you...seriously...is it that much trouble for you to stop, and let kids cross??) We were waiting, when all of a sudden a kid comes running out to cross the road. The truck screeched and swerved down a side road...not to hit the kid. The driver then turned around and gave the kid a dirty look. The mother who was walking up the road, listening to her IPOD...didn't know what happened.
I had to say something to the Mother....she should know...tell her son about stopping and looking both ways...cause neither of them cared. So I told her...not blaming her son...but just explained how he just missed the truck. Her reply, " yah the roads are bad, the driver should be going slower." WHAT!!!!!! It was your kid who didn't look!! I just shut my mouth and walked on.....I then explained to Josh what just happened and expressed passionately how you have to stop, before crossing any street!! He understood and so did Katie!!! PLEASE PARENTS TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO LOOK BOTH WAYS!! I could have witnessed something more serious than it was!! It is still bothering me how this parent blamed the driver.........
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