Oh parents, why would anyone do this? A video has surfaced showing a toddler driving a truck. Granted, the toddler is sitting on an adult's lap, and the adult is the one with their foot on the gas (and hopefully also the brakes). But it's a toddler, sitting there, hands on the wheel.
MAYBE if the toddler were driving through the middle of the desert, without even so much as a tumbleweed in the way, this might be all right. But this little guy is driving through a residential neighborhood. Oh yeah, and I guess it goes without saying that the toddler wasn't wearing a seat belt.
I mean, a toddler should be in a toddler-sized car seat in the back, if you want to get technical. But even an adult seat belt over his lap (without the cross belt) would be better than just sitting there, totally unrestrained, in the front seat. The adult with him isn't even holding onto the kid at all!
I just ... who does this?!? Anything could happen! And because they thought it was so darn cute, and took video, and everyone lived, the truck driver probably still think it's perfectly safe and not a big deal at all. Or they thought so until the video went viral and the whole world went, "WTF bad parenting!"
Can we all please agree now that this is a terrible, no good, dangerous thing to do with a toddler? Tell your friends. Tell your family. In case it wasn't obvious! Do NOT listen to the Bad Idea Fairy when she suggests it would be super adorable to see little Billy pretending to drive a truck. We all want little Billy to stay alive and well.
Gah. The toddler truck driving madness starts at 1:27.
What do you think the adults in this video were thinking?
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He is sitting on his dads lap! I always used to do that as a Kid! He probably drieved down the road! I really doubt they did a coast to coast! Iomg' relax! Bad things can happen in a car seat too!
Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill! Jeez, lighten up!!! There are soooo many worse things parents should be punished for. While this isn't necessarily the best idea ever, going 10 mph through the neighborhood on your dad's lap isn't really going to kill anyone.
Wow, you are taking this way too seriously. I let my son do this same thing in our "residential neighborhood" where there is hardly any traffic and a speed limit of 20mph. We live about one block from a drug store, so my son has "driven" us home more than once. Everyone is all hung up on "kids today" with their attitudes of "entitlement". Did anybody stop to think that maybe that "entitlement" idea comes from the fact that they can't do anything at all because the adults are so freaking paranoid.
Well done.
Oh, lighten the fuck up.
Every child should be lucky enough to know what it's like to sit on a parent's lap and get to drive.
Obviously, your kids are missing out. I bet you're the kind of "mom" who makes them miss out on a lot.
Shame on you.