How old is too old for a buggy

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View this post on Instagram. Found his feet: But Oscar's mother, Laura, pictured with him right, says he can't walk far so it's easier to keep using a buggy. When they grow up and leave their cocooned environment, they get a shock and are known to be at higher risk of dissatisfaction and self-harm. Some mothers don't just use a buggy to control their children.

As Jennifer Townsend admits, they do it because they are reluctant to let their youngsters grow up. Jennifer, 38, kept her daughter Layla, now six, in a pushchair until she was five and began going to school full-time. She says she fully intends to do the same with her son Jamie, now four. And he likes the comfort of his buggy.

As well as being put in his pushchair for shopping trips and excursions, Jamie is also wheeled the 20 minutes to and from nursery three days a week. We'll keep pushing: Laura, left, and Jennifer say they don't care what other people think.

In the end I'm tearing my hair out. Because of this we end up running late and I just wouldn't have time to let Jamie walk, even if I wanted to. Both Jennifer and her husband Nick, 52, a head groundsman, are determined to keep their son in a buggy for as long as it suits them all. I talk to Jamie all the time.

I'll stop and face him if he needs to talk to me. He's very bright. But Jennifer admits she has attracted criticism from strangers when they see her out and about with Jamie strapped in his buggy.

I find them rude and condescending. Who are they to judge? The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback. The four-year-olds who are still pushed around in prams Share this article Share. Oscar can be quite boisterous so I also strap him in his buggy when I have my nails done to control him. I just wouldn't have time to let Jamie walk, even if I wanted to Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest?

Comments 0. Top Stories. CEO who threw chair inside Capitol on Jan. Turpin sisters speak out in 1st interview about 'house of horrors' Nov 10, AM. ABC News Live. As parents, we try not to judge others. We usually fail. Yes, even you. Go on, admit it. Especially when it comes to those who push their healthy, strapping, four-year-old children around in buggies. See, there you go — I'm judging. And if you're not, you're probably judging me instead.

I'm not the only one who disapproves — hundreds of commenters have lined up to judge mums who featured in a recent Daily Mail article. These mums choose to push their kids from A to B in buggies — even when some of the children are school-age. They also chose to tell the Daily Mail all about it, which is possibly an even less sensible lifestyle choice, but there you go. Their reasons? It's easier, it's quicker, it's less hassle, their children have tantrums when they're asked to walk So, in case we're in any doubt about this, here's what's wrong with carting your school-children around in a pushchair:.

It's also easier to let your kids watch TV all day then to actually engage with them.