Thats a really sad thing to say....why oh why cant someone put there arm round a child to comfort them?? we are not all sex criminals!!
But the way things are today you sadly have a point.
I used to ref my sons team U13 as I am a qualified ref, no payment just as a favour.
Anyway this one game a boy was getting upset because he was playing badly and his team mates were having a go. Then he lunged into a tackle and thankfully missed, I blew the whistle for the dangerous play and...