I'm convinced Heelys are proof of a decline in civilization.

[zagafi]

Ok, that's more than a bit hyperbolic, I admit. But after seeing a kid wheeling around the hallways today AT CHURCH, I've had enough.

Truly, it's not the Heelys per se that are the problem--they're a symptom. The decline in civilization is the marked LACK OF ACTIVE PARENTING that makes it possible for what should be a fun product to become one of the most loathed items I've encountered in a while. And believe me, I. Loathe. Them.

I'm just amazed that parents are either unwilling or unable to tell their little Snookums that there are places where "skating" is simply inappropriate and not allowed, making it necessary for schools and business (and now churches?) to do the job of the parent and have to "ban" them.

Yep, Armageddon is nigh.

 

[L107ANGEL]

I have to agree to some extent.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

This fad too shall pass.

In the meantime--just picture the evolution of the human foot when a nub forms on the heel....to evolve 1000s to millions of years from now into a wheel.

We were at Disney this weekend and saw lots of these annoying excuses for footwear.

We camped at FW and in the pitch black dark on our loop--a girl was running...and skating...then turning around and running and skating. I only saw her b/c I heard a sound and strained really hard to figure out where that was coming from. While it is a fine place to skate--she certainly created a saftey hazard for herself and others.


And yes--I have seen heelys at church...but only in the courtyard after church. Something wrong about the Priest saying hello to parishioners on their way out and snookums is rolling around the courtyard.

 

[Charade]

This fad too shall pass..

And replaced with a different and possibly more intrusive and more thoughtless one. Fad or not. There is no reason for a kid to use his heelies in a McDonalds (as I witnessed the other day) or a mall, or a grocery store, etc.

It is INDEED a lack of responsible parenting.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

And replaced with a different and possibly more intrusive and more thoughtless one. Fad or not. There is no reason for a kid to use his heelies in a McDonalds (as I witnessed the other day) or a mall, or a grocery store, etc.

It is INDEED a lack of responsible parenting.

It is just my mantra. If I close my eyes it will go away.

Kind of luck when Dorothy closes her eyes and clicks her heels and says 3x, "There's no place like home."


I do agree with your last line.

 

[KikiFan]

Eh it's not the heelys. It's just bad parenting and a total lack of consideration for others. This morning I spent most of church service this morning really annoyed because 4 kids made church miserable for everyone in the loft. One kid kept kicking the row in front of him. Another little girl kept running up and down the row, and jumping up and down. Two infants cried and wimpered throughout the entire service, including meditation.

Why do the parents do this? Our church has a wonderful nursery and childrens church program - someplace that the kids will actually enjoy themselves and maybe even learn something. I don't have a problem with parents that bring their kids into the sanctuary, but have some consideration, make your child behave and if they can't, get them out of there. But that's the general trend in parenting, do what's easiest for you and don't worry about others. ugh. Can you tell how much this annoyed me today?

 

[firemanslady09]

My children dont have heelys, ds wants them, but I told him he would have to wait until spring. No sense in having them in the middle of winter with no where to wear them. He was fine with that. As for church, ours has what they call a crying room but that is it. No childrens service. So for me that has meant for now, not attending every sunday. I attend but not as often. When my children are no longer so young and can sit through a service or attend a youth service I will go back. I catch a lot flack from other parents for my strict rules with my children. And I also get alot of but mom so and so can do it. And I hear myself saying that dreaded statement I hated as a child, I am not so and so's mother. lol

 

[Beth76]

Hopefully the fad ends before my son gets wind of them. I will not be buying these for him.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

CHURCH???

OMG?!?!


I HATE those things too! and i have to agree it's the parenting!

 

[disykat]

I have to agree to some extent.

To some extent is right. There are times when kids pull something over on even the best parent. I witnessed my friend (who is a great parent BTW) lecturing her child this morning when she caught him using his heelys in the church hallway. He had (with the feigned innocence only a 12 year old can master) apparently "misunderstood" her directions "no wheels at church" to mean no wheels during the church service. I don't think he'll make that mistake again.

My kids don't own heelies, but they've certainly tried to get away with things that are against the rules I've laid down at times.

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

Is it wrong to have the urge to stick out one's foot when a heely-speeding kid goes whizzing by?

 

[dreamcometrue]

I agree. Both my kids have heelys but they both know where and where NOT to ride them! The other day I was at the grocery store and there was this one kid wearing heelys, I swear he was everywhere I turned, about to wheel into me! And I wasn't the only one who "dared" to be in his way! The mom saw this and said not a word to him!

 

[Fitswimmer]

Well, now you wouldn't want their little psyche's to get damaged by someone saying "No" to them, now would you?? We must not stifle their creativity!! Children must not be restricted in their expression!

I don't know how we all survived as kids. No TV on school nights, talking back got you grounded, teachers were always right and when Mom and Dad said NO-it was NO.

 

[L107ANGEL]

Well, now you wouldn't want their little psyche's to get damaged by someone saying "No" to them, now would you?? We must not stifle their creativity!! Children must not be restricted in their expression!

I don't know how we all survived as kids. No TV on school nights, talking back got you grounded, teachers were always right and when Mom and Dad said NO-it was NO.

I'm still in therapy

 

[CheshireVal]

I had a horrific experience at a pizza restaurant (Mellow Mushroom) a few weeks ago. Two moms came in with 6-7 girls in tow, probably ages 8-10. The girls sat in a big booth right behind us, while the moms sat a couple of tables away.

Four of the girls had on heelies, and they kept getting up and skating circles around the restaurant. They almost ran into a waiter several times. Each time, they had to skate past the moms, who were completely oblivious to the inappropriateness of it all. In fact, one of the moms stopped one of the girls to say, "Those are such cool shoes, sweetie. I wish I had some!"




Count me as another one who hates, despises, abhors heelies.

 

[daisyduck123]

Is it wrong to have the urge to stick out one's foot when a heely-speeding kid goes whizzing by?

I've got the same urge you do!!

 

[MushyMushy]

I always have to wonder, with all the parents who are on the DISboards, how many of them are actually seeing themselves in these posts?

The sad part is, they either don't care or think it doesn't apply to them.

I was reading through some of the reviews on zappos.com and would run across some real winners where the parent would gleefully announce how well the heelys work in stores.

My poor DD is sooooooooo deprived because I won't buy these for her. I wonder how she'll ever survive adolescence without them?

 

[meandtheguys2]

Not the heelys, just parents with no sense and the inability to say "no." Those are the people that give a "tool" (heelys) a bad name. It is like saying that guns are evil rather than the people responsible for them

 

[MushyMushy]

Is it wrong to have the urge to stick out one's foot when a heely-speeding kid goes whizzing by?

It's only wrong if your foot gets hurt in the process.



J/K!!!

 

[Nancy]

I am so tired of being the one to tell the kids they can't be using them in the store (I work in a grocery store) not only is it dangerous for the other customers, it ruins the floors and it could be dangerous for the child..zipping around + slippery tile floors = accident waiting to happen.

It's a sad state of parenting when we have to have new signs printed up for the doors (by our legal department) including heeleys in them as things that can't be used in the store. I thought it was bad enough when we had to put skateboards on it...but now the heeleys too. I just don't get why the parent thinks it's ok to do this...do they let them use them around their house too?