LouiseD

Good post and so true.

I get so fed up with the generalisations that fly about on these forums. The majority of people are normal, decent and law abiding. Why can't people see that its the minority who are the ones that get the headlines

Heart of gold

I was born and raised in the uk and have never had an issue with the uk itself ,I returned from the UAE last summer where fashion conscious youths and heavy peer pressure are pretty much normal

Binge drinking, smoking, fashion - conscious youths, misbehaviour at school, petty crime, violence, racism, pub culture, peer pressure and irresponsible parenting are in various degrees the same the world over!

trutje

You shouldn't have started it on here then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:curse:

Fleaflyfloflum

started what?

trutje

He or she knows

pommybird

there's another thread - in The Lounge I think - where there is a bit of a heated debate (!) going on about the McCann's and the rights and wrongs of leaving your children unattended!

Fleaflyfloflum

Ahhhh ok. I have never been in there. I best toodle on over and take a look

arkon

Trutje, implied on another thread that it was OK to leave your child unattended whilst you nip next door to the neighbors for a drink and it sounded like she did just that. There's a whole thread on bad parenting and negligence, that's quite heated.

trutje

Maybe you should get your facts right! It was about something I know a lot of people do!!
As an example that parents are human beings and not always aware of the dangers they put their children!!!!
But apparently they are all perfect on that thread

Fleaflyfloflum

Had a quick look in the lounge but could not see anything you are relating to, but i am not into all that sort of stuff.
I like an easy life !!

northernbird

Rubbish. You are right parents make mistakes. I went and took a shower and my 4 year climbed onto her bike seat and let herself into our pool area and went swimming. Some people might argue I was a bad parent, me I reckon I took my eye off the ball for 5 minutes. The McCanns didn't make a mistake or take their eye off the ball. They made a conscious decision to leave 3 children under 4 years old in an apartment alone. If you can't see that isn't a mistake then you are the most deluded poster on BE.

trutje

Whateverrrrrrrrrrrrrr

username 34

same here - my little one dashed out whilst I was in the shower too .... it only takes a second which exposes how dangerous it is to INTENTIALLY leave children unsupervised.

northernbird

I was furious IM and I don't normally smack my girls but she got a swift hand around her backside that day mainly because I was afraid of what COULD have happened not necessarily what did happen. She hasn't done anything like that since, I think she could see the fear in my face.

username 34

and after they do something like that, and the anger has subsided you get tearful? I bawled after that and coudlnt get out of my head "what if"

having kids means eyes in the back of your head 24/7 - the little buggers!