Fraser Speirs writes about his general annoyance with Health and Safety:
Please don’t go here. Please don’t do that. Please don’t leave your stuff here. Please don’t walk like that. Please don’t ride your bike. Please don’t use those kids’ shoes with the wheels on them. Don’t skateboard. Don’t run. Don’t put your rubbish here. Don’t cross the road there. Don’t use your phone while climbing the stairs. Watch you don’t slip. Don’t leave your bag. Don’t pack a razor. Don’t fly with a big shampoo bottle.
This morning I heard the alarming headline that 95% of children have been a victim of crime!.
Wow.
70% of assaults on children do not get reported to the police
Now that is serious.
It refers mainly to low-level offences which took place in schools and playgrounds – 70% said they had been hit or kicked – and were unlikely to be reported to police.
Oh crap.
Am I being anti-alarmist here? Is it wrong to think that two four-year-olds pushing or hitting in the playground is not really what I would consider as crime? Does this make me an uncaring parent? My wee lad can be a bit of a tearaway and loves to wrestle. On Saturday at a local park, he waded in arms-flailing at two older kids who were picking on his step-brother-to-be. Does this make him a criminal?? A vicious vigilante?
I didn’t sign up for this world. Who’s responsible?