UK Parents driving kids to events - Big Brother Clearance needed

[odie1kanobe]

BBC NEWS | UK | Checks on children's club drivers

Bring your kids to events along with your neighbours and you need "PERMISSION" from big brother.

Funny its now you have to prove everything while state just continues to collate information on everybody.

[orbit]

Ugh. This is horrendous - well meaning presumably, but utterly horrendous.

A relation of mine was involved in some kind of supervision scheme of young people in his local parish. He actually had been vetted, but this had expired, and some busy body announced at a meeting that he had to get his vetting done again, "in case his situation had changed". Imagine how you'd feel if someone said that to you at a public meeting ??

[controller]

Informal arrangements between parents will not be covered, but anyone taking part in activities involving "frequent" or "intensive" contact with children or vulnerable adults three times in a month, every month, or once overnightor once overnight, must register, it has emerged.

The world is going PC mad. If I have my childrens friends stay for a sleep over, would I have to be registered, if I lived in the U.K.

[Mar Tweedy]

Its not "permission" from Big Brother, its registration for the benefit of the children's safety. I'm for it. SAVI report shows child sexual abuse is hugely prevalent. Calling it "PC" is an easy label that allows it to be dismissed. If you think about it, where will paedophiles go these days to get access to kids now that professionals/coaches aren't allowed to be on their own with them.

Driving the kids to a match could be the perfect opportunity to suss out which is the 'vulnerable' child.

I hold no illusions about human nature these days while still expecting the majority to be safe.

Gardai won't have the resources to do it here of course!

[Mar Tweedy]

Ugh. This is horrendous - well meaning presumably, but utterly horrendous.

A relation of mine was involved in some kind of supervision scheme of young people in his local parish. He actually had been vetted, but this had expired, and some busy body announced at a meeting that he had to get his vetting done again, "in case his situation had changed". Imagine how you'd feel if someone said that to you at a public meeting ??

Agreed it should be handled more sensitively.

[odie1kanobe]

Its not "permission" from Big Brother, its registration for the benefit of the children's safety. I'm for it. SAVI report shows child sexual abuse is hugely prevalent. Calling it "PC" is an easy label that allows it to be dismissed. If you think about it, where will paedophiles go these days to get access to kids now that professionals/coaches aren't allowed to be on their own with them.

Driving the kids to a match could be the perfect opportunity to suss out which is the 'vulnerable' child.

I hold no illusions about human nature these days while still expecting the majority to be safe.

Gardai won't have the resources to do it here of course!

How does it improve children's safety ?

Majority of abusers of children are never caught.

How many cases of abuse have taken place this way ?

Its another means of basically accusing any adult who comes into contact with a child as a potential child abuser.

Its another means for the state to justify keep tabs on its people.

[controller]

I was speaking to my Dad at the weekend about paedophiles in general. He reckons that it is getting worse, I think that it is just more reported. Any opinions???

[bob3344]

Its another means of basically accusing any adult who comes into contact with a child as a potential child abuser.

Any male adult that is. One result of all this is the extreme reluctance of males to get involved in any activity involving children. This is detrimental to a childs development.

In the UK, they blame this hysteria for the fact that parents are happy to see their kids sitting playing video games all day - at least they are safe etc. Totally out of proportion to the level of risk.

[cactusflower]

I agree. Children need to be trained to "Stay safe" and report inappropriate adult behaviour. The most dangerous place for children, statistically, from the point of view of abuse, is the family home.
What are they going to do about that?

[orbit]

SAVI report shows child sexual abuse is hugely prevalent.

Hugely prevalent? Is that not an exaggeration ?