Don't you have to look after kids anymore?
09 February 2009, 06:58 PM
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Don't you have to look after kids anymore?
Rant alert! 
I've just seen on the news that a kid has died after falling through ice into a lake. Very sad I agree and I don't want to detract from that, BUT!!! Locals are now calling for the lake to be fenced off / drained / filled in...er, why?!
Why not look after your kid, maybe tell them not to jump up and down on ice?
Also, locally, there's a disused quarry that's been used by motorbikes and 4x4s for at least 25 years that I know of. One person has been killed in that time, again sad. However, the HSE are now calling for access to the quarry to be closed!
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I've just seen on the news that a kid has died after falling through ice into a lake. Very sad I agree and I don't want to detract from that, BUT!!! Locals are now calling for the lake to be fenced off / drained / filled in...er, why?!
Why not look after your kid, maybe tell them not to jump up and down on ice?
Also, locally, there's a disused quarry that's been used by motorbikes and 4x4s for at least 25 years that I know of. One person has been killed in that time, again sad. However, the HSE are now calling for access to the quarry to be closed!
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09 February 2009, 07:10 PM
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Oh ffs don't start me on the school run, I live ~300yds from a primary school! 
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No, I can't resist! There's a school I sometimes go past. It's a 30mph limit and surprisingly there are speed cameras there...not that they're any use as the parents park their cars OVER the markings!!!
<checks pulse>
No, I can't resist! There's a school I sometimes go past. It's a 30mph limit and surprisingly there are speed cameras there...not that they're any use as the parents park their cars OVER the markings!!!
09 February 2009, 07:10 PM
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Some parents should start to be real parents!
Yes accidents happen, always have and will, proper safeguards in place - fine - parents taking an active interest in their children and what they are doing - even better!
Definition: parent (a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian)
It certainly appears any fool(s) can give birth to babies and has been seen as a way of getting a house and money out of the social for a long time for certain so called parents.
Yes accidents happen, always have and will, proper safeguards in place - fine - parents taking an active interest in their children and what they are doing - even better!
Definition: parent (a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian)
It certainly appears any fool(s) can give birth to babies and has been seen as a way of getting a house and money out of the social for a long time for certain so called parents.
09 February 2009, 07:18 PM
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You appear to be mixing two things here. There is Health and Safety and bad parenting.
I certainly was told "if you do this you'll probably die" but was allowed to wander around, go on long bike journeys, play in a quarry with French Bangers etc... without supervision. The points in the original post are more about Health and Safety.
I agree that parents these days seem to have little time to warn their children of danger and/or install a sense of morals.
Steve
I certainly was told "if you do this you'll probably die" but was allowed to wander around, go on long bike journeys, play in a quarry with French Bangers etc... without supervision. The points in the original post are more about Health and Safety.
I agree that parents these days seem to have little time to warn their children of danger and/or install a sense of morals.
Steve
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