Customer in training!

Oh crips if I had maneuver around children in the grocery stores, along with the adults who do not care that they are taking up the whole isle too, I would probably have a melt down in the stores. I have thnkfully not seen this one Whywiki.

I actually think its cute, but since I've never seen on in a regular grocery store or walmart, only in places like a pet store i guess I have fewer objections. Lets make sure you understand this - I don't really like kids. I don't have kids, I never wanted kids. I think its cute - depending on the place. Kids at grocery stores, Walmart or other discount place, or a place that sells breakables, should be seat belted into place.

there is a deli that we shop at that has them. while it was cute while my kids were little, not its just annoying...i find that i am always tripping over them!

Lol fair point. I guess they should stick to kid carts only at stores for kids - like candy places or toy shops, perhaps.:P

we do have them in south africa. back when i didnt have kids, it annoyed me very much. but now that i do have, it just doesnt bother me. maybe i am just lucky that my daughter walks with me, and doesnt run around with the cart. when i do see kids running with them, i get mad at the parents and not the kids. they should get their responsibilities in order and contain their kids. a friend of mine has a hyperactive daughter and she uses a leash. works like a charm. the kid can push the cart but she cant run or go anywhere without my friends consent.

When I was a little girl I would beg my father to take me to the grocery store with the little carts. I love being able to pick items off the shelves that my daddy pointed out to me and put them in my little cart and wheel my small amount of groceries around after his big cart full. I think it was much safer to me to be holding my cart instead of running around all over the place and trying to climb into the moving cart full of groceries. It allowed me to feel like i was helping my dad with the groceries rather than being a burden or a hinderence to him while he had to do his chores. I think as a child it is important to feel like you are doing something productive as opposed to feeling as though you are in the way. Children learn more when interacting as opposed to being bored senseless in the cart.

Hi whywiki, Yes, they are worldwide - at least, as worldwide as the Western paradigm of rampant capitalism and the "greed is good" culture. Yes, they are cute - little kiddies behaving all grown-up, just like the little kiddies with the branded fashion-statement dolls and all the other little trinkets designed to guide them down the developmental path to a healthy consumer lifestyle. Just like the schools and everything else served up to us in urban consumer land, it's all part and parcel of brainwashing the herd in patterns of behavior which will sustain the status quo for generations to come. We don't get taught what we need to know to serve our own best interests, we get taught how to behave to serve the best interests of our corporate masters and their government stooges. And the kiddies with the shopping trolleys are a delightfully entertaining manifestation of that cultural pathology.

The grocery store in town where I live has these. The store is a family owned store and I have always thought it was a nice idea. When my grandkids come with me when they were smaller I let them use them. What I got for them was put in these carts. I always watched and made sure that they were driving the cart properly so that they wouldn't run into anyone or take any more room than they needed. I also let them put their items on the counter and I give them the money to pay for their own items. I think it is just a good way for kids to learn the skills of shopping.

extremely bad idea in my opinion, the fact that they are running peoples heels over with the cart is bad enough but like you said than you have an extra obstacle to get around. My oldest is 18 and he still runs over my heels everytime I let him behind me, I think he does it on purpose!

They had these years ago at a grocery store I went to in Pennsylvania. I thought they were so cute back then. They only had a couple and were usually taken, but every now and then my kids would get one. Of course, I made them walk nicely, not tear down the aisles. I think a few misbehaving kids probably spoiled it for all of them since stores don't seem to have them anymore. Now they have the fancy shopping carts about a mile long you get to push your kids around while they drive behind the wheel of that little car in front of the cart.

lol I've seen those things. I can't remember where. Apparently it was decided that they weren't such a great idea after all because I haven't seen them again. I think at the time, I probably thought it was a cute idea and a good way to keep the kids amused while mom was shopping. But now that I read your post, I realize what a disaster it could be. I can seen those littel rugrats crashing into unsuspecting customers or even the mom's themselves trying to regaing control of their "little shopper gone wild" lol Maybe the store will figure out the problem with this things after a short while. Give them a bloodied ankle or two and they will figure it out! lol

Our grocery store has them too. It's really a PITA. I've had my feet ran over and my legs bruised more than once by "student drivers". If the stores are going to have these, then they should also provide an adults only day at the store so sometimes we can shop without the little helpers. I bring my grandson to the store with me occasionally, but I belt him in to the seat in the cart so he can't be running around and getting in the way of the other shoppers. It all boils down to the parents who refuse to attempt to teach their kids some manners.