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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You never know why someone might be helped out of the car, don’t judge people.[/quote]

I agree with this concept, but I also give benefit of the doubt that this video is not directed at parents whose kids actually need help getting out of the car.  I have a niece with a pretty significant developmental disability.  When she entered kindergarten, she had just learned to walk without the assistance of a walker.  Parking on the street and walking up the hill to their school simply is not something she can physically do.  She used to take a special education bus but the hour-long ride left her too agitated so her parents drive her instead (about five minutes from their house).  They need to use the carpool line, and they need to get out of the car to help her out (a special education aide meets them at the car to escort their daughter into the school).

Realistically, it takes them less than 2 minutes to get out, get her out, get back in the car and pull out.  If parents who don't actually need to do this for their kids didn't make a big production out of it, the total delay to the carpool line from my niece's arrival and the handful of other kids who might actually need the assistance would be negligible and I believe most decent people would understand it (those who wouldn't aren't worth my time).  The parents who needlessly pull this nonsense because they get something out of it make the whole situation worse for everyone, and make the overall level of patience and compassion for those who actually need to get out of their car to help their kids a whole lot lower.

If your child has some kind of special needs that requires getting out of the car, by all means, go ahead and do it.  But if you are using other people's kids with special needs as a weapon to deflect from your own rude behavior, there is a special place in hell for you.[/quote]

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