SIMMO SAYS
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Having worked in many schools for forty years (Plumbing Maintenance) I can confirm this
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Will You Wrap Your Kids Up In Cotton Wool During The School Holidays?
- Thread starter red star portslade
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Having worked in many schools for forty years (Plumbing Maintenance) I can confirm this
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,854
My kids are allowed out exactly as i was 40 years ago. There are not more muggers/pedophiles/drug dealers/gangs/loonies/etc around now than there was 40 years ago. There were dodgy people/areas/clubs then and there are now. FACT
Spot bloody on! Well said.
SIMMO SAYS
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Nothing has changed in forty years then
As a fourteen year old in 1970 I can remember nicking apples(scrumping) and on being caught having my face pummelled by a bloke.
I probably deserved it---now you would sue and be set up for life.
- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,854
Nothing has changed in forty years then
As a fourteen year old in 1970 I can remember nicking apples(scrumping) and on being caught having my face pummelled by a bloke.
I probably deserved it---now you would sue and be set up for life.
I had similar experiences and my kids will probably have the same. Teach them what's what in life
Leekbrookgull
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No need for a phone,let them go out and ''play''
Leekbrookgull
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That's when kid's learn.
Exactly. My kids are turfed out in the morning, come back for lunch, go out in the afternoon until tea, go out again till bedtime - they're 11 and 8 (but that's what they did last summer too). The younger one is only allowed in three specific places but the older can now go off on her bike around the estate. How are they going to learn any independence if they're not allowed out?
I agree. My five year old is allowed out with his nine year old next door neighbour as long as they promise to look after each other.
Leighgull
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- Dec 27, 2012
- 2,377
You are 100% right. Add to that drunk drivers, which was a national pastime.
I did an OU course on child abuse which was attended by police, social workers, health visitors and A&E staff some years back. They confirmed that paedos and other freaks were just as abundant then but there was more of a local awareness of who to avoid in your area. The police are far more proactive these days and members of the public are far more vigilant.