From the way people drive around here you would think they were unaware of the reasoning of having school zones. School zones were created with the safety of children in mind. They were established to keep cars from speeding in school zones where it is important to pay EXTRA attention to surrounding of children walking. Some people tend to think that the little yellow light flashing on a road sign stating "20mph" means to go 50mph. This is more so around the elementary schools. There are small children walking to school, and you have people driving like bats out of hell to get through there. What kind of examples does that set let alone what about the safety of the children?
Parents too often do not think of what kind of examples they are setting for these young minds. Children are like sponges, they soak up all the information around them. There are parents walking in front of moving traffic, with small child in hand, to go through the parking lot to walk them into school. They do not bother to look both ways, and they just go while the traffic is visibly moving. Is common sense out the door these days? Sure, go get yourself ran over idiot, but do not take your innocent child down with you.
We can not expect our children to grow up respectful, truthful, and have any spec of common sense if we do not show them what it is like to have those things in the first place. It is our jobs as the adults (parents) to provide that education to our children. And we wonder why crime is at such a high rate? Parents putting their children in daycare, without having a job. Parents not setting rules for their children, placing blame on others instead of placing blame where it belongs.
This is our future people! Children are our future! Time to take it seriously!
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