Driving Melissa to work this morning inspired a promise to our future child or children. I will always make sure they can bend their arms during the winter months!
I see these poor children everywhere, being carried down the street, with their arms straight out like airplane wings. Unbendable, stiff and looking uncomfortable. Yes, I know it is important to keep the little creatures warm, but like the boy in the "Christmas Story" movie, if the child should happen to fall, how will they ever get up?? They are not even able to hold on to their parents as they are being carried.
Without direct adult supervision, we could have a small epidemic of turtle children, in multi-colored outfits, lying in the street, belly up, struggling to get upright.
Where is the responsibility of the clothing manufactures? Do they design the clothes this way on purpose as a way to help the parents keep their children under total control? Do the clothes serve a purpose, such as allowing the parents to shop without worry of the children grabbing items from the shelves?
I say there has to be a better way. So, I promised our child their arms will always bend!
