Lazy-Ass Alert! Mom's On A Soapbox...

I was driving away from DD's school this afternoon and a tween girl went past my car on a little blue scooter..  I see this kid everyday.  She seems like a nice-enough girl.  I'm sure her parents are loving and attentive.  There is something about this kid that grates on my nerves...every single day.  I couldn't put my finger on it until today....when my daughter glanced over at the bike path and said, "I'd love a scooter like that."

It wasn't the girl that grated on my nerves.  It was the scooter.  First of all, when did it become okay for 10 year olds to ride motorized vehicles to school?  Isn't this illegal?  What parent would buy one for their kid?  Risk of bodily injury aside, can you get any freaking lazier?  Scooter girl's feet never touched pavement from the moment she zipped out of the parking lot until she hit the first crosswalk a block away.  She probably gets more exercize taking a shower than riding that thing.  I only hope she doesn't ride home to find fast food for dinner or she'll have heart disease before she's eligible for a real driver's license.

Okay..I'm off the soapbox, now.  Am the only parent bugged by this?  I don't know.....