Should children be used as human shields?

it's funny a friend of mine (who has a child herself) was just telling me of her friend who pushed her child into a cyclist's wheels and then shouted at the poor guy and accused him of trying to kill her child.

Because the child is facing the road they seem to forget they actually have a child in there. They might as well be pushing their shopping trolley. I don't get it why they don't have the child facing them, when you can talk to them, see they're ok...

The sad thing though is every year children are killed by moving traffic in their pushchairs.

VeeVee...simple answer...UGLY CHILDREN