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Okay, so the thread title is a little OTT, but you do have to wonder sometimes.
It is now three weeks to the day that Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were abducted, and kids that we don't know are still knocking on our door asking various questions.
My friend Mark was round today, and as he left just 20 minutes ago, two little girls - no more than 8 or 9 years old - came running down the path from two doors away, stopped at the door and asked me if I wanted to hear them sing. I said 'no thank you' and shut the door.
Now I have a healthy dislike of children - I've hated kids since I was practically a kid myself, whether it be babies or youngsters; in fact I can only tolerate mid-to-late teens onwards. I can't stand having them around me - I get away from them as soon as I possibly can - and I have absolutely no intention of ever having kids myself. But having said that, I could never actually harm them.
Still, I have to wonder why - with all that happens - parents still let their kids go out alone, or go knocking on the doors of total strangers. Apart from Holly and Jessica, we've also had Sarah Payne. Even older kids aren't safe - we still don't know what's happened to Amanda 'Milly' Dowler.
We live on a large council estate, and on any given day you can walk around and see any number of 'strange' people, who I personally wouldn't want to know - let alone trust with kids. I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover and so on, but let's face it - we all do, and we've all been given 'the creeps' by strange-looking people at one time or another.
We've also had young kids knock asking us if we want to buy various trinkets etc. Now, if I were to say, "Yes okay, come in while I get some money", I doubt a young kid is going to think twice about coming into my house if he/she thinks there's some cash in it.
Going back to the girls wanting to sing - that's two little girls, approaching a 6' 3" guy who they'd never seen or spoken to before. My friend had gone, and there was no-one else around. If I were paedophile, that's an open invitation isn't it? I could have grabbed them - easy target. They could have screamed, but no-one would have paid any attention because the kids round here are always screaming. And by the time anyone realised, it would be too late.
I know you can't keep kids in and stop them playing, but for crying out loud, these kids need to have some education and discipline drummed into them - and parents need to take responsibility for them.
There's a woman across the way from us who has abuot six kids, all young. They're out playing every day during the school holidays and make a lot of noise. Then all of a sudden, it goes quiet. Or all of a sudden you'll hear a scream, and then crying. Not once has either of the parents come out to see what's happening, where the kids are, or if they're okay.
A lot of parents these days give the impression that they don't care where their kids are or what they're doing, as long as they're not under their feet and getting in their way. When we do hear them speaking to the kids, they're usually yelling at them about something or other.
I'm not suggesting for one second that Holly and Jessica's parents were bad parents, but the fact that even after this tragedy young girls are still out alone, unsupervised and knocking on the doors of strangers, suggests to me that there ARE many bad parents out there.
They seem to ignore and forget about their kids on a daily basis - yet were such a tragedy to happen to them, they'd be on TV sobbing their hearts out, their kids suddenly becoming the centre of their universe, and blaming the Government for not doing enough to protect their kids.
I know that sounds cold, but I hope those of you that have kids will know what I'm getting at. Yes, kids should be able to go out safely, without parents worrying about these monsters. But the fact is, they can't. These sickos do exist, and too many parents these days don't take responsibility for their kids, being too eager to pass the buck to someone else. "It's the Government's fault for not doing enough to lock up the perverts."
Sure, there is a responsibilty on the Government's behalf to do something more about it. But the bulk of responsibility for the safety of children lies solely with the parents. If you are not prepared to take that responsibility, you have no business bringing a child into this world.
It is now three weeks to the day that Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were abducted, and kids that we don't know are still knocking on our door asking various questions.
My friend Mark was round today, and as he left just 20 minutes ago, two little girls - no more than 8 or 9 years old - came running down the path from two doors away, stopped at the door and asked me if I wanted to hear them sing. I said 'no thank you' and shut the door.
Now I have a healthy dislike of children - I've hated kids since I was practically a kid myself, whether it be babies or youngsters; in fact I can only tolerate mid-to-late teens onwards. I can't stand having them around me - I get away from them as soon as I possibly can - and I have absolutely no intention of ever having kids myself. But having said that, I could never actually harm them.
Still, I have to wonder why - with all that happens - parents still let their kids go out alone, or go knocking on the doors of total strangers. Apart from Holly and Jessica, we've also had Sarah Payne. Even older kids aren't safe - we still don't know what's happened to Amanda 'Milly' Dowler.
We live on a large council estate, and on any given day you can walk around and see any number of 'strange' people, who I personally wouldn't want to know - let alone trust with kids. I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover and so on, but let's face it - we all do, and we've all been given 'the creeps' by strange-looking people at one time or another.
We've also had young kids knock asking us if we want to buy various trinkets etc. Now, if I were to say, "Yes okay, come in while I get some money", I doubt a young kid is going to think twice about coming into my house if he/she thinks there's some cash in it.
Going back to the girls wanting to sing - that's two little girls, approaching a 6' 3" guy who they'd never seen or spoken to before. My friend had gone, and there was no-one else around. If I were paedophile, that's an open invitation isn't it? I could have grabbed them - easy target. They could have screamed, but no-one would have paid any attention because the kids round here are always screaming. And by the time anyone realised, it would be too late.
I know you can't keep kids in and stop them playing, but for crying out loud, these kids need to have some education and discipline drummed into them - and parents need to take responsibility for them.
There's a woman across the way from us who has abuot six kids, all young. They're out playing every day during the school holidays and make a lot of noise. Then all of a sudden, it goes quiet. Or all of a sudden you'll hear a scream, and then crying. Not once has either of the parents come out to see what's happening, where the kids are, or if they're okay.
A lot of parents these days give the impression that they don't care where their kids are or what they're doing, as long as they're not under their feet and getting in their way. When we do hear them speaking to the kids, they're usually yelling at them about something or other.
I'm not suggesting for one second that Holly and Jessica's parents were bad parents, but the fact that even after this tragedy young girls are still out alone, unsupervised and knocking on the doors of strangers, suggests to me that there ARE many bad parents out there.
They seem to ignore and forget about their kids on a daily basis - yet were such a tragedy to happen to them, they'd be on TV sobbing their hearts out, their kids suddenly becoming the centre of their universe, and blaming the Government for not doing enough to protect their kids.
I know that sounds cold, but I hope those of you that have kids will know what I'm getting at. Yes, kids should be able to go out safely, without parents worrying about these monsters. But the fact is, they can't. These sickos do exist, and too many parents these days don't take responsibility for their kids, being too eager to pass the buck to someone else. "It's the Government's fault for not doing enough to lock up the perverts."
Sure, there is a responsibilty on the Government's behalf to do something more about it. But the bulk of responsibility for the safety of children lies solely with the parents. If you are not prepared to take that responsibility, you have no business bringing a child into this world.
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Okay, so the thread title is a little OTT, but you do have to wonder sometimes.
It is now three weeks to the day that Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were abducted, and kids that we don't know are still knocking on our door asking various questions.
My friend Mark was round today, and as he left just 20 minutes ago, two little girls - no more than 8 or 9 years old - came running down the path from two doors away, stopped at the door and asked me if I wanted to hear them sing. I said 'no thank you' and shut the door.
Now I have a healthy dislike of children - I've hated kids since I was practically a kid myself, whether it be babies or youngsters; in fact I can only tolerate mid-to-late teens onwards. I can't stand having them around me - I get away from them as soon as I possibly can - and I have absolutely no intention of ever having kids myself. But having said that, I could never actually harm them.
Still, I have to wonder why - with all that happens - parents still let their kids go out alone, or go knocking on the doors of total strangers. Apart from Holly and Jessica, we've also had Sarah Payne. Even older kids aren't safe - we still don't know what's happened to Amanda 'Milly' Dowler.
We live on a large council estate, and on any given day you can walk around and see any number of 'strange' people, who I personally wouldn't want to know - let alone trust with kids. I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover and so on, but let's face it - we all do, and we've all been given 'the creeps' by strange-looking people at one time or another.
We've also had young kids knock asking us if we want to buy various trinkets etc. Now, if I were to say, "Yes okay, come in while I get some money", I doubt a young kid is going to think twice about coming into my house if he/she thinks there's some cash in it.
Going back to the girls wanting to sing - that's two little girls, approaching a 6' 3" guy who they'd never seen or spoken to before. My friend had gone, and there was no-one else around. If I were paedophile, that's an open invitation isn't it? I could have grabbed them - easy target. They could have screamed, but no-one would have paid any attention because the kids round here are always screaming. And by the time anyone realised, it would be too late.
I know you can't keep kids in and stop them playing, but for crying out loud, these kids need to have some education and discipline drummed into them - and parents need to take responsibility for them.
There's a woman across the way from us who has abuot six kids, all young. They're out playing every day during the school holidays and make a lot of noise. Then all of a sudden, it goes quiet. Or all of a sudden you'll hear a scream, and then crying. Not once has either of the parents come out to see what's happening, where the kids are, or if they're okay.
A lot of parents these days give the impression that they don't care where their kids are or what they're doing, as long as they're not under their feet and getting in their way. When we do hear them speaking to the kids, they're usually yelling at them about something or other.
I'm not suggesting for one second that Holly and Jessica's parents were bad parents, but the fact that even after this tragedy young girls are still out alone, unsupervised and knocking on the doors of strangers, suggests to me that there ARE many bad parents out there.
They seem to ignore and forget about their kids on a daily basis - yet were such a tragedy to happen to them, they'd be on TV sobbing their hearts out, their kids suddenly becoming the centre of their universe, and blaming the Government for not doing enough to protect their kids.
I know that sounds cold, but I hope those of you that have kids will know what I'm getting at. Yes, kids should be able to go out safely, without parents worrying about these monsters. But the fact is, they can't. These sickos do exist, and too many parents these days don't take responsibility for their kids, being too eager to pass the buck to someone else. "It's the Government's fault for not doing enough to lock up the perverts."
Sure, there is a responsibilty on the Government's behalf to do something more about it. But the bulk of responsibility for the safety of children lies solely with the parents. If you are not prepared to take that responsibility, you have no business bringing a child into this world.
It is now three weeks to the day that Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were abducted, and kids that we don't know are still knocking on our door asking various questions.
My friend Mark was round today, and as he left just 20 minutes ago, two little girls - no more than 8 or 9 years old - came running down the path from two doors away, stopped at the door and asked me if I wanted to hear them sing. I said 'no thank you' and shut the door.
Now I have a healthy dislike of children - I've hated kids since I was practically a kid myself, whether it be babies or youngsters; in fact I can only tolerate mid-to-late teens onwards. I can't stand having them around me - I get away from them as soon as I possibly can - and I have absolutely no intention of ever having kids myself. But having said that, I could never actually harm them.
Still, I have to wonder why - with all that happens - parents still let their kids go out alone, or go knocking on the doors of total strangers. Apart from Holly and Jessica, we've also had Sarah Payne. Even older kids aren't safe - we still don't know what's happened to Amanda 'Milly' Dowler.
We live on a large council estate, and on any given day you can walk around and see any number of 'strange' people, who I personally wouldn't want to know - let alone trust with kids. I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover and so on, but let's face it - we all do, and we've all been given 'the creeps' by strange-looking people at one time or another.
We've also had young kids knock asking us if we want to buy various trinkets etc. Now, if I were to say, "Yes okay, come in while I get some money", I doubt a young kid is going to think twice about coming into my house if he/she thinks there's some cash in it.
Going back to the girls wanting to sing - that's two little girls, approaching a 6' 3" guy who they'd never seen or spoken to before. My friend had gone, and there was no-one else around. If I were paedophile, that's an open invitation isn't it? I could have grabbed them - easy target. They could have screamed, but no-one would have paid any attention because the kids round here are always screaming. And by the time anyone realised, it would be too late.
I know you can't keep kids in and stop them playing, but for crying out loud, these kids need to have some education and discipline drummed into them - and parents need to take responsibility for them.
There's a woman across the way from us who has abuot six kids, all young. They're out playing every day during the school holidays and make a lot of noise. Then all of a sudden, it goes quiet. Or all of a sudden you'll hear a scream, and then crying. Not once has either of the parents come out to see what's happening, where the kids are, or if they're okay.
A lot of parents these days give the impression that they don't care where their kids are or what they're doing, as long as they're not under their feet and getting in their way. When we do hear them speaking to the kids, they're usually yelling at them about something or other.
I'm not suggesting for one second that Holly and Jessica's parents were bad parents, but the fact that even after this tragedy young girls are still out alone, unsupervised and knocking on the doors of strangers, suggests to me that there ARE many bad parents out there.
They seem to ignore and forget about their kids on a daily basis - yet were such a tragedy to happen to them, they'd be on TV sobbing their hearts out, their kids suddenly becoming the centre of their universe, and blaming the Government for not doing enough to protect their kids.
I know that sounds cold, but I hope those of you that have kids will know what I'm getting at. Yes, kids should be able to go out safely, without parents worrying about these monsters. But the fact is, they can't. These sickos do exist, and too many parents these days don't take responsibility for their kids, being too eager to pass the buck to someone else. "It's the Government's fault for not doing enough to lock up the perverts."
Sure, there is a responsibilty on the Government's behalf to do something more about it. But the bulk of responsibility for the safety of children lies solely with the parents. If you are not prepared to take that responsibility, you have no business bringing a child into this world.
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