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So I'm walking home from my girlfriend's house this morning. It's about 8:45am. The quickest way home is through an old park, which goes by some woods, which are quite big and scary. It's very isolated, yet some stupid lazy parents still let their children go through there on their own. I couldn't believe that someone would be that lazy and irresponsible. The school is a ten minute walk, including the return journey, yet someone would risk sending their kids out (they were about 8 or 9 years old), through isolated woodland, which leads onto a main road. If I've learnt anything about society in the last few years, it's that there are lots of nutjobs - especially in my part of the world. Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman are prime examples of what can happen if you leave children of that age to their own devices.
I'm not getting all impassioned about it, because kids should be allowed and encouraged to play out and explore, but it amazed me that someone would let their kids walk alone through that particular area, when it would only take 10 minutes out of their precious schedule to make sure they got to school OK.
I'm not getting all impassioned about it, because kids should be allowed and encouraged to play out and explore, but it amazed me that someone would let their kids walk alone through that particular area, when it would only take 10 minutes out of their precious schedule to make sure they got to school OK.
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I understand what you're saying, and walking through some woods in the gloom of dawn isn't the best idea, but in reality it's probably far more dangerous on the busy roads with cars and lorries whizzing by just 2 feet from the pavement.
Black Glove wrote:
> Children walking in woodland - god, whatever next?
>
> I used to walk/play in woods all the time when I was a kid. It
> doesn't mean my parents were irresponsible or trailer trash.
> We shouldn't be blaming the parents for letting their kids wander,
> and we shouldn't be filling children's minds with over-the-top horror
> stories about the looming presence of the bogeyman around every
> corner.
> In fact, children should be encouraged to play in the woods - they're
> magical places when you're young.
>
> If you want to blame someone, blame those who prey on children.
My point was that it's a 5 minute walk to the school, and anything could happen in the dark, lonely woods in the middle. I'm not trying to scaremonger, but it alarmed me at the ease that some parent's let their kids run wild. I used to play in the same woods when I was little, and you're right - it was a magical place - but that doesn't mean it's a safe place to be.
> Children walking in woodland - god, whatever next?
>
> I used to walk/play in woods all the time when I was a kid. It
> doesn't mean my parents were irresponsible or trailer trash.
> We shouldn't be blaming the parents for letting their kids wander,
> and we shouldn't be filling children's minds with over-the-top horror
> stories about the looming presence of the bogeyman around every
> corner.
> In fact, children should be encouraged to play in the woods - they're
> magical places when you're young.
>
> If you want to blame someone, blame those who prey on children.
My point was that it's a 5 minute walk to the school, and anything could happen in the dark, lonely woods in the middle. I'm not trying to scaremonger, but it alarmed me at the ease that some parent's let their kids run wild. I used to play in the same woods when I was little, and you're right - it was a magical place - but that doesn't mean it's a safe place to be.
Children walking in woodland - god, whatever next?
I used to walk/play in woods all the time when I was a kid. It doesn't mean my parents were irresponsible or trailer trash.
We shouldn't be blaming the parents for letting their kids wander, and we shouldn't be filling children's minds with over-the-top horror stories about the looming presence of the bogeyman around every corner.
In fact, children should be encouraged to play in the woods - they're magical places when you're young.
If you want to blame someone, blame those who prey on children.
I used to walk/play in woods all the time when I was a kid. It doesn't mean my parents were irresponsible or trailer trash.
We shouldn't be blaming the parents for letting their kids wander, and we shouldn't be filling children's minds with over-the-top horror stories about the looming presence of the bogeyman around every corner.
In fact, children should be encouraged to play in the woods - they're magical places when you're young.
If you want to blame someone, blame those who prey on children.
monkey_man wrote:
> As much as it pains me to say this, even Jade from Big Brother
> deserves the right to have a child.
No. No. No.
> As much as it pains me to say this, even Jade from Big Brother
> deserves the right to have a child.
No. No. No.
Or not, as will likely be the case in less than 100 years if the current decline in both male and female fertility continues.
We have to intervene, because if we don't, we won't be able to "do it".
We have to intervene, because if we don't, we won't be able to "do it".
As much as it pains me to say this, even Jade from Big Brother deserves the right to have a child. Procreation is a fundamental rule of nature, and isn't to be mucked with by humans, who owe their continuing existance to the very fact that they can procreate!
Insane Bartender wrote:
> Compulsory parenting qualifications.
I'm still with you on this. But the problem is: what the hell do you put on the test? How can you tell from what someone says/writes down under exam conditions that they'll be a good parent? I say just don't hand out the certificate to those who obviously will not care or are unbelievably stupid (ie Jade from Big Bruvva).
> Compulsory parenting qualifications.
I'm still with you on this. But the problem is: what the hell do you put on the test? How can you tell from what someone says/writes down under exam conditions that they'll be a good parent? I say just don't hand out the certificate to those who obviously will not care or are unbelievably stupid (ie Jade from Big Bruvva).
MoJoJoJo wrote:
> It's the same when I'm in a shop and the security is looking at me.
Heh, me and my bro went into B&Q about 2-3 weeks ago, as soon as we walked through the door the security guard started following us. He followed us right around the shop til we left. It was quite amusing watching him try to be "discreet" we would walk down an aisle, stop and then find the security guard starting down the same aisle, then suddenly change direction and walk away.
We saw him walking out of the store the other day carrying a piece of paper, i assume it was his P45.
> It's the same when I'm in a shop and the security is looking at me.
Heh, me and my bro went into B&Q about 2-3 weeks ago, as soon as we walked through the door the security guard started following us. He followed us right around the shop til we left. It was quite amusing watching him try to be "discreet" we would walk down an aisle, stop and then find the security guard starting down the same aisle, then suddenly change direction and walk away.
We saw him walking out of the store the other day carrying a piece of paper, i assume it was his P45.
MoJoJoJo wrote:
> "They" being the operative word. A group of them. I'd much
> rather have walked to school with a bunch of friends than be driven
> there and have to wait outside alone in the cold for 30 minutes
> before I was even allowed in.
There were two of them. Two little girls. The older one was about 8 or 9, the other one was a lot younger or a midget-child.
> "They" being the operative word. A group of them. I'd much
> rather have walked to school with a bunch of friends than be driven
> there and have to wait outside alone in the cold for 30 minutes
> before I was even allowed in.
There were two of them. Two little girls. The older one was about 8 or 9, the other one was a lot younger or a midget-child.
Yeah, whatever I do to try and look normal just makes me seem more weird. I can imagine someone seeing me and calling the police because I'm "acting suspiciously" when I'm just walking home when there are young girls about.
It's the same when I'm in a shop and the security is looking at me. I try too hard to seem to be acting normal, and end up looking as suss as a radgie with a bulging coat after leaving Kwik Save.
It's the same when I'm in a shop and the security is looking at me. I try too hard to seem to be acting normal, and end up looking as suss as a radgie with a bulging coat after leaving Kwik Save.
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