Yeah. Sort of agree with that
I guess it's the difference between perceived risk and actual risk. I have two little darlings of my own and whilst they are both pretty young at the moment, I am aware that there is a balance to be struck between keeping them safe from harm and giving them the freedom to learn from their own mistakes. Still doesn't stop you worrying about them though. I guess the media generated paranoia doesn't really help, (There's a topic that deserves its own thread - the media is to blame for..) if it's not childhood obesity, it teenage knife crime. To be honest I'm more worried about the potential dangers of traffic, particularly when they are old enough to start walking to school themselves. Whatever happened to the good old days of being able to play down the disused cement factory eh? Ah happy days.
(Nitrous Nitrous, Sun 4 Mar 2012, 8:22, 2 replies)

Disused cement factory?
sounds bloody great! I had the town dump and Ashfield Valley ( do a youtube search for Hardcore Valley )
( uncle bastard is twanging a dan moi, Sun 4 Mar 2012, 8:37, closed)

Jesus, you covered it all.
"the media is to blame"
Having to get my Working With Children's Check recently. I'm coaching my daughter's soccer team. It's not mandatory in the club I'm in to have a WWCC.
The no. of parents who didn't ask me about it tho is scary.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 4 Mar 2012, 8:46, closed)

I like the fact there is a level of trust still apparent in your community.
Scary - yeah I see your point - but on the other hand it is nice that not everyone suspects you of being a ped.
(boozehound is drinking your bar dry, Sun 4 Mar 2012, 9:23, closed)

I'm not sure what a check is supposed to prove?
Does it mean you've not been caught, or you haven't molested a child yet?
I would have thought that you would teach your child not to be alone with strangers and to tell you if anything happened that they didn't like and you would not be cross. A peice of paper does not make your child more safe and you not having the check would not make you any more or less likely to be a paedophile.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 4 Mar 2012, 16:59, closed)