Post #776055 by Cammo on Thu, May 18, 2017 7:36 AM

The stroller problem has nothing to do with babies, believe it or not.

Very few people bring 3 month old kids to the park because of the constant attention they need; the parents can't go on rides and if they do they have to saddle one parent with the baby and these greedy parents don't like that.

The real problem is that parents are now bringing strollers to cart around 12 year olds.

It's incredible, but I see it every time. Kids who can barely fit into a stroller get wheeled around every day and are told that they can't leave the stroller without permission. I've seen kids get yelled at and hit for leaving the stroller, looking at the various things passing by wishing they could get out and investigate but mommy won't let them out.

The parents obviously want to be at Disneyland themselves and see it as a horrible liability to have to bring the kid, and simply use the stroller as some kind of holding device. It keeps the kid in check and carries food and drinks in the pack section at the back, so it's much cheaper than renting a locker (which is what I do every time) - and the stroller can be pushed in front of them like a big bumper car.

It also means that the parents don't have to listen to the kids whining because the kid is up front out of sight.

And the parents don't have to demonstrate nonexistent discipline skills when they tell the kid to do something and the kid does not listen. They don't want to yell at them like at home or hit them so it's the stroller instead.

I've wanted to do a series of pics of big kids in strollers but it's getting so ridiculous now people would think I'm actually posing the shots. I've actually seen teenagers getting pushed around in strollers by Grandmas. I've seen 3 10-year olds packed into one stroller hitting each other because they're so frustrated that they are not allowed out.

And I've always wanted to simply follow a stroller parent with a big kid inside and just see where they are always rushing to. Where are they going in such a flurry? What DOES the kid get to do? Do they stay in the stroller all day? Why exactly ARE they bringing it?….