Have we forgot that children see things through the eyes of a child, and not though the eyes of a lawyer, politician or a civil servant.
We have civil servants and local government officials who are so busy empire building and proving their own importance , they spend their time dreaming up new and absurd laws to further fetter the lives of us all and especially our children. The politicians then create these laws for fear of being seen as "too soft", and the lawyers come along and dream up more ways of creating additional income from the misery these "laws" will cause.
Then its the turn of the poor old copper — and he/she gets the backlash from the public — but they are in a no win situation –cant turn a blind eye , cant give the kids a clip round the ear (wow i can already hear the cries of child abuse), so they must propagate this farce still further, and turn our children into criminals. and so the spiral begins all the way to delinquency and jail folder –what a waste …
Yes i'm glad i'm not a child of today. The "Do Gooders" are killing our kids not with verbal or physical abuse, but with rules and regulations "designed to protect them" or so they say .
I reckon i must be totally "politically incorrect " I just want children to be kids while they can…
I want the local bobby to be their friend ,and when they do something "wrong" to grab them by the scruff of the shirt collar and tell them "I'll be round to see your parents -now get off home" -without fear of a disciplinary hearing because some lawyer wants to make a few hundred pounds.
If you treat kids as kids that is what they will remain, if you treat them as adults they will turn into Yobs before you can turn around
So repeal the stupid and senseless laws that stop our children from being children, and make them fodder for the courts , for they will grow up soon enough.