Kazuo Motoya of Japan's National Institute of Technology and Evaluation said children may have more escalator accidents in part because they "bounce around when they stand on escalators, instead of watching where they place their feet."
This is starting to turn into a pet peeve of mine. If people paid attention to what their children were doing, a lot of accidents would be prevented. There are just certain places where you pay more attention to the kids and an escalator is one. The amount of kids I see on there or on the moving sidewalks (not as bad) with their shoelaces not properly tied is amazing. Don't people know shoelaces can get caught, too? Where's the common sense?
Even now I occasionally remind our DD to place her feet in the middle of the step, and keep her hands loosely on top of the whatchamacallit, the word escaped me (where you hold on to), instead of grabbing onto it and wrapping her fingers around it (as fingers can get caught too). Just a quick, friendly 'alright, pay attention honey' before we get on the escalator is enough for her now tho. But she was taught this from a very young age.
Never mind me and my 'rants' (although I think I kept this one very civil
).... I just get so tired of everything and their brother being blamed for every accident that happens, instead of people owning up to things.
*steps off soapbox*
I also wonder why kids are allowed to walk in them darn things day in day out. A girls in DD's class even wore them in the winter. That can't be good for your feet and back! Needless to say we don't own a pair of them... I don't like them at all.
Darnit, I'm starting to sound more like my mom each day....