Curiosity (And We Know What That Did To The Cat)

[albaqwerty]

Another thread got me pondering about parenting.

I don't think there is a 'perfect' parent, we're all human surely?

I was thinking about the time when the 4 of us were camping, under canvas, 2 tents, both sons in one tent and Mr Alba and I in the other.

If anything had happened to either, I don't think Mr Alba and I would ever come to terms with it.

Was that the rose-tinted days of 20 years ago? Are things worse now?

[Peter Pedant]

I dont talk to small lone children in the street (jail bait)

in our youths - about 10% of childrens play was supervised
and now over 90% of playtime is directly supervised by an adult
( children under 10)
and absolutely no research has been done as to this will have an effect on kids

change driven by parent fear not by a mass of child kidnapping