Discrimination against the childless!

[peacetraveler22]

Comments

[new_forester]

It's probably good for their business to appeal to customers with children in this way, and it's their private lot, they can set their own rules. However, I doubt these signs are enforceable. If you park there, what are they going to do?
OTOH, if I were you, I'd stop patronizing this business, as a matter of principle. If they make you feel unwelcome, why return there?

[peacetraveler22]

They are not enforceable. :) It's not like a handicap spot, where this an over $100 fine for parking w/out the proper handicap tag. I've only seen this type of "child" parking in a few places. Now I'm living in 100% suburbia. There are almost no single people here, all families. It's very strange for me because I previously lived in an area where there were mostly single professional people. So, it's just a life and mentality adjustment to go back to the burbs. :)

[berngardovka]

We don't have , but it is not a bad idea

I just realize why we have seats in a public transport
When you are with the child , you should carry your bags, child's bags or toys and carry and hold a child
And it is difficult!

So than less time I should walk on parking than less risk of that I will not hold a hand and he we run and something happened

[peacetraveler22]

Yes, it's a pain. I've done it many times, and even now that my nephew is older. Carrying soccer equipment, balls, knee pads, snacks for after the game...but this is part of the responsibility that comes with being a parent.

[berngardovka]

Yes, responsibility
But the same with aged people
You probable have noticed that in Russia is common to give your seat in transport for those who older... But it their risk to take a bus and staing for another hour in a traffic jam :) feeling pain in old legs

[peacetraveler22]

It's also a custom in the USA to give up your seat to the elderly or pregnant women. Maybe this is a universal custom? :)

[ex_leo_sosn]

Pretty obvious, hard to tell why are you ranting. Having children is a serious financial and time wasting burden for parents. It impacts both your career and financial posture. In the end they get barely any benefit for their suffering, but government gets another citizen to pay taxes, to serve in military etc. Any country is as strong as its citizens are and a country with not enough citizens will quickly become a victim of other countries.

I say, currently there aren't enough benefits for parents in America and it's still financially inviable, but government still wins because many parents enjoy parenting by other means than money, specifically, by evolutionary human nature design, especially in women, causing them to "want" to have children and enjoy babysitting by manipulating their behavior.

As of now, it's not financially viable to have children in the US and childless are society's freeriders.

[porosenok_aust]

But it is your own problem whether you want children or not.
Yes, it is expensive.
But why other people should pay for it. They will pay for their own children if they want.

The same stuff:

[xpo_xpo_xpo]

if you wanna be disabled - just pay your penalty. If don't, nobody prevents you from killing yourself! Why other people should pay for disabled? If one thinks it's OK to have privileges for disabled - why not to have privileges for people with children, for elders, for women, for blondes?

Re: The same stuff:

[porosenok_aust]

People who have children are not disable, it is just their own desision.

If a person became a disable for his own desision (dangerous work, dangerous sport, misbehavior) - certainly, it is his own fault and he should pay himself as well.
And also should do parents who could prevent child disability, but didn't made necessary diagnostics.

Unwanted and unpredictable disability is the other case, so it is normal for society to insure these cases

[linamay]

I have two kids and I think it's reasonable, it's dangerous and stressful walking with two kids and pushing a cart all over the parking lot.

[peacetraveler22]

The main benefit of the spaces is safety, not convenience. On this point I agree. It lessens the likelihood that a child will run out and get hit by a car. And no store wants to incur liability for such an incident.

[seadevil001]

it will be better if such spots will be around shopping carts parking areas. So when one stuff children in the car on top of groceries he/she can drop off cart fast, before little monsters start crawling out of windows. 8-)
In MA I saw such signs only at Cabela's store and it did not strike me as a good idea.

[peacetraveler22]

They aren't very common in Virginia either. Only in areas of deep suburbia, where about 80% of residents having one or more children.

[seadevil001]

Marketing gimmick.