John Barber Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 This from a recent national newspaper on the vexed subject of allowing children the freedom to go out and PLAY. Quote "in a small residential street in Aldershot, it required five policmen, three community support officers, a trafic management crew, a closed-circuit telivision van and a team of "play workers" from the local council. Past the concentric rings of barricades, officers, officials with badges, the children played". I am not, I promise, making this up. What in Gods name has been created, probably in the guise of "health and safety" that has got us to the point anyone can possible feel that this is anything other than a complete ann total disaster. How are children, who have never been allowed to learn to play as childer should, going to grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Maybe it's these kids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelslikeitshould Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Maybe it's these kids... Aww, aren't they little cuties? Is there a link available to this story? Is there more to it than that or were these children fenced in under police protection etc just so they could play out for half an hour? Are they 'normal' children or the X-men or future Kings, Queens and Noblemen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavercheese Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Or this one.... They are still looking for something to cover the head which won't cause permanent bouts of unconsciousness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 The f***ing control freak culture, know all nanny state has reached a new low with this one. Even childhoods not sacred now. Time for a civil war................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 The f***ing control freak culture, know all nanny state has reached a new low with this one. Even childhoods not sacred now.Time for a civil war................ Too late mate. There's not enough normal people left to even form a posse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 there'll be no pictures of them as all the photographers will be arrested for taking photos of children and have their computers confiscated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I think that article is stretching things a bit. They clearly went ott, but it was an organised event and they were obviously making a point in their proposed 'play professionals'. We're lucky over here in that our schools mostly have good outdoor facilities, kids get lots of outdoor play here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatopian Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I managed to survive childhood despite being allowed to wander out of my parents' sight for extended periods of time... and I'm not the only one! Has the world become so much more dangerous in the last twenty years? We're raising a generation of kids who will remain totally dependant on their parents' and teachers and unable to fend for themselves when they eventually discover that there won't be someone their to wipe their arse forever... or will there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grianane Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 get the kids to the skate park at ramsey - the odd bruise is a lesson in life. The best thing any local authority has done in years. Consider this - little Rupert spends his formative early years on the play station. At 15 he's doing Colin McRae Rally - 120mph down dirt tracks on his PS2. He never gets the high score cause he always rolls it in the last 3 corners. Two years later in his souped up Saxo/Corsa/Fiesta he's doing 120mph on the mountain road and can't undertstand why when he crashes his mate/girlfriend/brother is thrown out of the car and killed and he has to spend 3 months in Nobles. Ok the PS2 controls shook a bit but he always got another go with that. No more..... Perhaps if the PS2 had been kept from him and he'd been allowed to climb (and fall out of) trees he'd realise what danger is and that, generally when it bites you on the arse, it hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3v0 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 get the kids to the skate park at ramsey - the odd bruise is a lesson in life. The best thing any local authority has done in years. Consider this - little Rupert spends his formative early years on the play station. At 15 he's doing Colin McRae Rally - 120mph down dirt tracks on his PS2. He never gets the high score cause he always rolls it in the last 3 corners. Two years later in his souped up Saxo/Corsa/Fiesta he's doing 120mph on the mountain road and can't undertstand why when he crashes his mate/girlfriend/brother is thrown out of the car and killed and he has to spend 3 months in Nobles. Ok the PS2 controls shook a bit but he always got another go with that. No more..... Perhaps if the PS2 had been kept from him and he'd been allowed to climb (and fall out of) trees he'd realise what danger is and that, generally when it bites you on the arse, it hurts. Not quite sure colin mcrae rally on the ps2 can be linked to "yoofs" crashing their saxo's to be honest, I think that's more related to inexperience and also being invincible until your about 19 (or 25 for some ) Being only a few years (my god nearly 8 of them) past my souped up escort "boy racer" days, we used to regularly play this and all sorts of other games including grand theft auto and the like, I'm yet to drag someone out of their car, drive off as fast as possible down strand street getting points...although sometimes it seems like a good idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I'm not sure who's more paranoid - the very small minority who feel the need the to wrap their kids up in cotton wool and keep them on a lead, or the nutters who think that everybody is like that and worry about how "we" are raising "our" kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barber Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 How are children, who have never been allowed to learn to play as childer should, going to grow up. I quite agree, most of my childhood activities in the 1960's would deemed illegal in the 'Ukay' now. But . . . . Why are you posting this piece on a bulletin board in the Isle of Man because it aint like that here! P.S. Like the Midwich Cuckoos. It aint like that here, yet. Want a bet that it will end up the same.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barber Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 I think that article is stretching things a bit. They clearly went ott, but it was an organised event and they were obviously making a point in their proposed 'play professionals'. We're lucky over here in that our schools mostly have good outdoor facilities, kids get lots of outdoor play here. OK. I fess up, I aint a clue what a 'play professional' is. Should there be any such thing as a 'play professional', or are these what used to be called 'parents' or even, bigger brothers or sisters. Are these a true profession, did they go to Uni., and get a useless degree,or are they more of the growing legions of self appointed prats that are responsible for shit state of the system today. You know, the risk averse society organisers. A pox on al their houses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 OK. I fess up, I aint a clue what a 'play professional' is. Should there be any such thing as a 'play professional', or are these what used to be called 'parents' or even, bigger brothers or sisters. Are these a true profession, did they go to Uni., and get a useless degree,or are they more of the growing legions of self appointed prats that are responsible for shit state of the system today. You know, the risk averse society organisers. A pox on al their houses! If you read the full article it's not exactly clear how a play worker differes from a youth worker. There's definately a place for people that help kids play and develop, both professional and volunteer. The article goes well ott on the protection/safety aspect though. They have been given a shitload of lottery money, and it looked to me like they were justifying it. I don't think kids not playing in the street is as simple as he makes out, it's not simply the safety putting kids & parents off. There's simply not that many kids living in towns any more. Estates out of towns are where families life these days, and you see plenty of kids bombing around them on their bikes and scaring old ladies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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