The buggy hangs off the kerb as mum gossips idly on her
phone ,Baby inches himself further down his pushchair , laughing and kicking
his feet in the cool morning air as the
cars come speeding past missing his toes with just millimetres to spare.
The couple wander across the road, eyes transfixed on their
mobiles as their toddler ambles behind them unaware of the large stream of
traffic heading straight towards him.
“C’mon hurry up, we’re going to be late” shouts the parent to
the dawdling child as they drag them across the pelican crossing before the
green man has a chance to arrive.
Our children, we’d do anything to keep them safe, right? So what’s
with the basic lack of road and common sense that would have Tufty and the
Green Cross Code man turning the air blue.
Are our mobiles or time really so important that we’ll risk
everything for them including ours or our children’s lives?
GIRL FROM THE NECK DOWN - MEDWAY MESSENGER COLUMN
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