Comments on: Are we overprotecting our kids?

By: Little Mummy

Little Mummy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:43:06 +0000

Thanks for commenting Christie, it’s a shame that we feel we have to be so suspicious, I can’t imagine what it must feel like to be a man in this situation.

By: Christie

Christie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:31:48 +0000

I ran a childcare centre for 2-5 year olds and employed two wonderful male educators, both married, one in his late 20′s and the other his 30′s. You would not believe how suspicious the families initially were about their presence in the centre. Fortunately, they soon proved themselves to all involved and it made such a difference to the children and the ‘team.’

Christie

By: Little Mummy

Little Mummy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:27:38 +0000

Great news today that the government will be reviewing this now.

By: Reluctant Housewife

Reluctant Housewife — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:25:19 +0000

Great post!

I volunteered at a library shelving books and had to do a police check before I started. I didn’t mind because I tend to fall on the side of better safe than sorry where my kids are concerned.

You make a very good point, though, that most abuse happens with someone the child knows already. Combined with your point about activities disappearing, you’ve just about successfully argued me around to your point of view. I’ll have to think twice about my opinion on this.

By: A Modern Mother

A Modern Mother — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:23:54 +0000

We were talking about this at coffee on Friday. Think of all the money being made from these checks as well!

By: Little Mummy

Little Mummy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:05:52 +0000

Siobhan; That’s exactly how I feel, not all problems can be fixed by passing yet another law. Even a police check won’t stop the occasional ‘incident’.

By: SIobhan

SIobhan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:01:58 +0000

I completely agree, where will it end? I think the tendancy of the media to pounce on every horrific story, and the numerous ways in which people access the news (let’s face it, you have to try pretty hard to avoid it nowadays)we’re subjected to constant influx of negativity, which we can’t help but let affect our parenting, even subconsciously.

We have to maintain perspective; as you say these things are rare, no one ever comments on the nice things strangers do for people, perhaps if they did, we’d be less inclined to live in doubt? Keeping this glass half-full mentality the government seem to be perpetuating is only going to end up holding our children back and restricting the rich opportunities that life has to offer. I do worry how our children’s generation will shape up as adults given it all

By: Little Mummy

Little Mummy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:46:32 +0000

I just think it’s all gone too far now and it’s actually to the detriment of our children.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:33:37 +0000

At a time when visiting children’s authors are asked to have a CRB check when they are invited to give a talk, yes our children are being over protected. But it is not being done in my name. I had to have a CRB check to work with older children regularly each week in a journalism project – fair enough I suppose. But yeah ‘paranoid parenting’ is at an all time high. x