kids

[cobbydale]

i don't have kids of my own but i do think the world has gone mad, i remember getting a wack of a teacher, when i told my parents they said it serves you right. it made me respect my elders, children get away with far too much and parents have too much power in the courts. children don't seam to have as many school trips these days, i could go on for days about this. 10 years ago someone told me this country is going the same way as the u.s well it did.

[Roger Rabbit]

If i go out after dark i have to tell my mum where im going and who im with and if im out on streets i have to be back in for about 10pm but if im at a mates im ok for another hour im only out early hours when im walking back from pub. I dont think your being over pprotctive Daz your just being responsible and looking out for your lad

[Sarah]

By deserting the streets unless encased in 2 ton of steel and 4 wheels are we not giving our public places to the chavs to do what they will unchecked.

There are no more murders etc. nowadays than in the past. It's just that the media has direct access to our electronic devices (tv, computer, phone, etc.) and its all bad news hence our perception.

Pre-television and radio you'd only here of 1 murder in a blue moon cos you didn't have access to a world of murders.

I'm not sure it is being suggested that children, once out of the front door are to be encased in 2 ton of steel and 4 wheels, I think its about younger children seeing the nice side of life for as long as possible, until parental control is no longer an option!

Its not murders I worry about, its indecent assault and attacks, I think most parents of daughters would agree, so rightly or wrongly I will continue to ferry my child around in the car at night, for as long as she'll accept it.

[bestathlete]

Me an my brother and my 2 cousins after my grandmas funeral

Whilst not wishing to be direspectful to your grans memory, i actually thought your avatear was a publicity shot of Take That. (my iBook screen is only 12inches)

[david]

Its not murders I worry about, its indecent assault and attacks, I think most parents of daughters would agree, so rightly or wrongly I will continue to ferry my child around in the car at night, for as long as she'll accept it.

I totally agree with you Sarah. I drove my girls everywhere for years until they reached 17 when I paid for their driving lessons and put them on my car insurance so they could drive themselves.

[Frodo]

I'd have to agree with daz here. My housemate who is 20 got mugged last night at 7.30pm on a busy street. She managed to run off but got a whack in the face for her troubles. Personally i think we reponsible members of society should be issued with shotguns from the government and have the right to shoot chavs on sight. The sales of trackys might suffer but think how much better the streets would be. We could get points depending on how skanky the people were we dispatched. It'd be like that game 'duck hunt' (?) i used to play on the master system, now there was a class game.

[cobbydale]

i agree i've had my ariel snapped on my van twice in the last month, well the second time they just bent it. taysers would be better 10000 volts

[loopybunny1]

unfortunately after watching our daughters backs for years it then emerges that a woman has a greater chance of being murdered if she is married. oh well..

[daz h]

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.

[Roger Rabbit]

Whilst not wishing to be direspectful to your grans memory, i actually thought your avatear was a publicity shot of Take That. (my iBook screen is only 12inches)

We would probably be better than take that