School bans parents

[Judy in the sky]

Gone too far these days. Do you think children are at any more risk these days that we were in our primary school years? Schools lock the bloody gates these days, once the kids are inside. In my day the only time the school gates got locked were after 5 pm and weekends. I used to walk a mile and a half to school. Mum took me on my first day then after that I was on my own. None of this drop the kids off at school every day in the "Chelsea Tractor" malarkey. For Christ sake, when I was 7, I was riding my bike to school and back every weekday during term time I think we're raising a generation of softies who want everything doing for them. My own children caught the bus to secondary school. Never a worry there. Today they'd rather be taken to school and dropped off in the car park, or just outside to save their little legs.. Namby Pambies the lot of them.

 

[JohnD]

Do you think children are at any more risk these days that we were in our primary school years? ... Namby Pambies the lot of them.

Mary Bell. Jamie Bulger. Ian Brady. Myra Hindley. Muriel Drinkwater. Roy Tuthill. David McGreavy. Carl Bridgewater. Karen Price. Colette Aram. Mark Tildesley. Richard Everitt.

The good old days.

 

[Judy in the sky]

Mary Bell. Jamie Bulger. Ian Brady. Myra Hindley.

The good old days.

Yep, but are children at more risk than they were 50 yrs ago ? Come on Johnnyboy, tell us if they are or not (or is it the fact that we live in this technological age where local news makes national headlines within hours, that makes us perceive the increased risk?)

 

[JohnD]

1968 Mary Bell. 1968 Roy Tuthill.

Who do you know that said children were more or less at risk in the old days?

 

[JohnD]

Namby Pambies the lot of them.

What does that mean?

You're just a grumpy old codger.

 

[Judy in the sky]

1968 Mary Bell. 1968 Roy Tuthill.

Who do you know that said children were more or less at risk in the old days?

Apparently, this is one reason parents are more inclined to drop their children off at school. also the reason schools lock gates during the day and require parents to be vetted before coming on to school premises (or are you that thick you haven't read the original post / noticed?)

 

[JohnD]

read the original post

there is no mention of risks being greater or less today that in the days of your fictional youth.

from entering the playground when dropping off there children. Families have threatened to remove there children from Leesons primary school in Orpington after being told that they must under go a criminal record check to pass the school gate or they will be treated as trespassers .

You're hallucinating gain.

Best you should cut down a bit.

 

[EFLImpudence]

there is no mention of risks being greater or less today that in the days of your fictional youth.

Then why the need for the restrictions ?

 

[Brigadier]

Probably the biggest risk to kids nowadays is getting knocked down.
Exacerbated by the parents who insist on dropping the kids off (exhibiting total sense of entitlement to do so how they wish, zero consideration for other road users, and even less sense), adding to the very risk they think they are mitigating.

 

[SirGalahad]

Probably the biggest risk to kids nowadays is getting knocked down.
Exacerbated by the parents who insist on dropping the kids off (exhibiting total sense of entitlement to do so how they wish, zero consideration for other road users, and even less sense), adding to the very risk they think they are mitigating.

So you would be happy for a 5yr old to walk to school?

 

[JohnD]

Then why the need for the restrictions ?

There are fewer people killed today in RTAs than there were when Judy was a boy. So why do we need speed limits and seat belts?

 

[Brigadier]

So you would be happy for a 5yr old to walk to school?

With their parent or guardian, of course.
And how else are they supposed to learn how to safely walk anywhere, if they've never done so before they're let off on their own?

 

[Tigercubrider]

There was a guy on here not so long again panicking about. His 16 year old daughter having to catch a bus.
Kids need to learn to be safe and independant. The more kids that walk, the better herd awareness works
A single kid walking alone is at risk, loads of witnesses all walking the same route provides safety.

 

[SirGalahad]

With their parent or guardian, of course.
And how else are they supposed to learn how to safely walk anywhere, if they've never done so before they're let off on their own?

What if they have to travel over a mile and then also have to drop off other kids, then go to work?

In an ideal world parents should walk their kids to school but in todays system that is becoming more problematic.

 

[Brigadier]

What if they have to travel over a mile and then also have to drop off other kids, then go to work?

And that permits them to drive inconsiderately, and park illegally right at the school gates?