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hlthe2b

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8. Agree... It would make sense to have spaces for parents with very young children/babies

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 12:22 PM

Mar 2013

Gender neutral... I see how hard it is to keep up with toddlers, especially if you've got a baby with you as well. I see single parents (both men and women) struggling with this in parking lots and as one who has seen how easy it is for an exuberant child (or leashed pet, for that matter) to get away from you (and potentially be hit by a car), this would make some sense.

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Are expectant mom parking spaces an example of benoevolent sexisim? [View all] MindPilot Mar 2013 OP

Never seen one. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #1

No. They're marketing moves by shopping centers. MineralMan Mar 2013 #2

Well, in some cases, it may be a temporary handicap. Fawke Em Mar 2013 #6

Yes, if a pregnancy is temporarily disabling, a doctor MineralMan Mar 2013 #10

I have seen them and they are for pregnant women. At least the ones I've seen. I know I used it southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #24

No but they should perhaps be able to use handicapped space (which we should have more of) MattBaggins Mar 2013 #3

I just think they're silly. Pregnant isn't disabled. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #4

It is to some people Fawke Em Mar 2013 #7

Agree... It would make sense to have spaces for parents with very young children/babies hlthe2b Mar 2013 #8

purely from a safety standpoint, "families with young children" makes total sense. n/t MindPilot Mar 2013 #18

I disagree with the parent parking spaces, kiva Mar 2013 #19

More to do with being able to open the doors all the way I think. MindPilot Mar 2013 #28

Less distance to struggle to get to the door with rambunctious toddlers, packages, baby stroller hlthe2b Mar 2013 #40

At the two stores in my neighborhood with such spaces, the signs say that Swamp Lover Mar 2013 #22

Some woman are invigorated by pregnancy, some are exhausted; hedgehog Mar 2013 #9

Two of my wife's pregnancies were accompanied with preeclampsia, one with prenatal diabetes. nt TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #13

All sorts of people are exhausted. You don't get special parking spaces TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #14

That is kind of how I see it. MindPilot Mar 2013 #15

If you're pregnant and so medically compromised that you need help getting into TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #20

My wife's primary care physician ridiculed her MattBaggins Mar 2013 #30

Cool. We need to start a White house Petition to make pregnant women in the military serve combat Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #31

Yeah. Because hauling your pregnant behind into the local Target is the same as combat. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #33

Now Now, Situation/environment we must be blind to. Give opportunity to all. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #34

Also, have you been to Target on Black Friday sales? That counts easily as combat training. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #38

Exactly, it should be the issue of disability treestar Mar 2013 #35

I walked during there of my pregnancies. However, when I was pregnant Arkansas Granny Mar 2013 #41

Because men can't get pregnant, this is sexism? TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #5

I honor all such parking spaces. In fact, MineralMan Mar 2013 #11

Same here. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #16

I've even seen "Senior" and "Employee of the Month" spaces. I just avoid them as I'm none of Ed Suspicious Mar 2013 #27

Since I'm self-employed, and have been since 1974, MineralMan Mar 2013 #29

Exactly. randome Mar 2013 #12

Yes and no. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #17

Locally, several stores have "New or Expectant Parents" parking spaces Orrex Mar 2013 #21

I always saw it as just dumb. alphafemale Mar 2013 #23

^^^^^ (applause) kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #25

And that mentality put my wife in the ICU MattBaggins Mar 2013 #32

Exercise...yep. It's a killer. alphafemale Mar 2013 #36

Exercise is fine MattBaggins Mar 2013 #39

No. Pregnancy can be debilitating. I am female & sensitive to sexism. catbyte Mar 2013 #26

I think they caren't mythology Mar 2013 #37