kids

[emmilou]

i have run probably 2000miles each year for the last 4 yrs and not once seen a policeman or woman on the beat.
kids are not safe under say 17/18 yrs of age at night , simple as.
there is no deterrent nowadays.
my sister was assaulted years ago,i wont give details but a pervert pulled a knife on her, he got caught eventually but if she had not been walkin home on her own it wouldnt of happened.
when i was young there were 2 x police houses on our estate.

I was grateful of being ferried everywhere, my dad was in the CID as my grandfather and yes whilst I agree with Aspidstra in the sense that crime was not reported in the way it is now it was something that I was more than aware of as I grew up.

Some of the things my dad told me would chill you to the core but it made me realise that I needed to stay safe, he didn't tell me horror stories in a mean dad sort of way - he just answered any questions I posed as honestly as he could I guess.

As I grew up in the days pre mobiles it was drummed in to us that we had to tell our parents where we were and no you don't really appreciate the worry they went through until you go through it yourself.

Children do need to grow up and throughout their lives we as parents constantly have to sever strings but it will NEVER stop you worrying or doing all in your power to prevent anything happening to them and if that means waiting up until midnight to go and pick up etc then so be it.