"dont let kids outside!"

[fishfish]

can you believe the phone call I had today!?

'We have concerns that your children spend a lot of time outdoors cycling and running about'

given the Governments push for kids to be healthy and Mr Gryls saying Computer games should be banned, troubled teenagers compelled to climb mountains and mandatory community service brought in for all, the explorer Bear Grylls has said as he launches a “manifesto” to save the next generation.
Grylls, the television survivalist, said young people should be encouraged to take risks, “empowering” them to make their own judgments about safety, and be required to take “outdoor classes for all”.

 

[SGL70]

Wow!!.....I would give her manager a call....trying to protect children from beeing children....***?!

 

[nitram55]

Unreal , your kids must be some of the happiest kids around with the life they live children,s services need a good shake up if they think that what you all do is bad.

 

[david1]

got to be a wind up...

 

[swotty]

Is this for real?

 

[fishfish]

yep its for real,got a letter from them on saturday saying that concerns had been reported and to contact them,we had all weekend worrying and rang them this morning at the first opportunity,somewhere thersw a child in danger and perhaps dying and not being saved as they are too busy with this sort of rubbish!

 

[vestlenning]

This is the way of the modern west - glad I grew up when doing things outdoors where the norm!

 

[sandbender]

What exactly is the concern, that they spend time outdoors or that they outdoors and beyond parental oversight?

If the former, someone needs to give their head a shake.

 

[fishfish]

the concern is them being outdoors lots,my kids are really well behaved,never show disrespect to adults and mind their P's and Q's! A good number of folk on this forum and the bushcraft community have met them and would attest to this.

 

[Tengu]

This is a joke, yes?

 

[sandbender]

the concern is them being outdoors lots,my kids are really well behaved,never show disrespect to adults and mind their P's and Q's! A good number of folk on this forum and the bushcraft community have met them and would attest to this.

Like I said someone needs to give their head a shake.

How dodgy is your MPs seat, might be something for him/her to get his teeth into to prove his/her worth to his electorate.

 

[fishfish]

Dr Andre Murrison is a self serving type with little or no care for his constituants that are not wealth types.

 

[sandbender]

Dr Andre Murrison is a self serving type with little or no care for his constituants that are not wealth types.

With a fairly solid majority too. Pity. Let us know how things unfold.

 

[fishfish]

have sent him an email as well as the dpt for education.

 

[wicca]

I suggest that you have a close look at neighbours, locals, Fishfish. I doubt this is a Social services initiated incident, probably a complaint, no doubt from ' Concerned anonymous' who has nothing better to do. So Social Services in the light of all the revelations about their failings nationally, instantly put the 'umbrella up..just in case'..."Well we acted upon the complaint at the time"...

Just my opinion, but I reckon there's someone locally who is 'offended' to see kids with mud on their knees..

 

[Zingmo]

Tell the BBC. Let everyone have a good laugh!

Z

 

[fishfish]

I suggest that you have a close look at neighbours, locals, Fishfish. I doubt this is a Social services initiated incident, probably a complaint, no doubt from ' Concerned anonymous' who has nothing better to do. So Social Services in the light of all the revelations about their failings nationally, instantly put the 'umbrella up..just in case'..."Well we acted upon the complaint at the time"...

Just my opinion, but I reckon there's someone locally who is 'offended' to see kids with mud on their knees..

oh yes ,totally.

 

[wicca]

"Inspectors mark down school because children don’t play outside enough "

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1179...because_children_don___t_play_outside_enough/

Time for a move to Sussex Ol' kiddie..

 

[Corso]

I suggest that you have a close look at neighbours, locals, Fishfish. I doubt this is a Social services initiated incident, probably a complaint, no doubt from ' Concerned anonymous' who has nothing better to do. So Social Services in the light of all the revelations about their failings nationally, instantly put the 'umbrella up..just in case'..."Well we acted upon the complaint at the time"...

Just my opinion, but I reckon there's someone locally who is 'offended' to see kids with mud on their knees..

was thinking exactly the same

 

[swotty]

Thats just madness, its a pity that society seems to be going towards the complete opposite of my childhood

I honestly my thought this thread was going to have a punchline!