tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post9189934564399955834..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Adventure kindergartens [update 2]Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-4857781105217627832009-10-07T07:26:29.368+13:002009-10-07T07:26:29.368+13:00FF
Too many university types around Albert Park I...FF<br /><br />Too many university types around Albert Park I'm afraid. Lots of molesters there. Better for children to play in the Orakei Domain or somewhere like that.<br /><br />LGMLGMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-7164816303971364252009-10-05T13:30:39.725+13:002009-10-05T13:30:39.725+13:00How about letting kids (7 or over) play on their o...How about letting kids (7 or over) play on their own unsupervised at Albert Park, while their guardian is at the Uni main library? The kids know which floor in the library where the guardian is at, so they can get hold of him/her if they need something urgently?<br /><br />The answer is clear cut, which is yes, let them be, but I was disappointed that you didn't see it that way some weeks/months ago, which you should spell it out clearly to the intended person that kids SHOULD be playing on their OWN at Albert Park during daylight (ie, lunchtime) with no fear at all from potential (or imaginary) paedophile. I think that you would say NO, ie, kids shouldn't be playing on their own at Albert Park, which is in direct contrast to your (pro) views on this blog post.Falafulu Fisinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-49487162558486675962009-10-05T11:59:22.849+13:002009-10-05T11:59:22.849+13:00Thanks for the link, PC :o)Thanks for the link, PC :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-67822689598367774702009-10-05T11:52:08.031+13:002009-10-05T11:52:08.031+13:00"May I use your blog inspiration, PC?"
..."May I use your blog inspiration, PC?"<br /><br />Yes, of course. My pleasure. :-)Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-29735591449031615122009-10-05T11:44:57.980+13:002009-10-05T11:44:57.980+13:00I agree PC - just commented on this at my blog as ...I agree PC - just commented on this at my blog as well. http://wp.me/pE9hf-7<br /><br />To be fair to the Aro Valley bloke though as I read the article it sounds like he likes the idea but was trumped in the past by his superiors.... you know the type who have management jobs in education but have never actually had to deal with children; just sort of read about them in a book once.Sean Fitzpatricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-80781739393557182502009-10-05T11:42:51.363+13:002009-10-05T11:42:51.363+13:00KG was much more succinct. May I use steal your b...KG was much more succinct. May I use steal your blog inspiration, PC?Opinionated Libertarimumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05453501477674912342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-520237503111480162009-10-05T11:10:10.878+13:002009-10-05T11:10:10.878+13:00YES!!YES!!KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-37716884534633698942009-10-05T11:01:43.033+13:002009-10-05T11:01:43.033+13:00Well said. Too many people - even grandparents - ...Well said. Too many people - even grandparents - are now so concerned about safety that they have forgotten what it is they are giving up for their children: freedom, resourcefulness, and using common sense. Or even believing that common sense has any value at all and instead deferring to state regulation/intervention to protect their children, which by it's veyr nature will default to the no-danger maxim. When, in fact, the best education a child could ever get is learning what their limitations and strengths are, and having the confidence to build on the limitations - something which children are hard wired to do on their own if left to their own devices.<br /><br />I suspect, though, that this will be regarded as a radical idea by many. From personal experience, even taking a child with bruises on their face to the supermarket draws interfering safety nazis to the trolley. It rarely occurs to people that bruises do not always denote child abuse, or that letting a child fall off his bike is not be irresponsible parenting. Instead, the parent is publicly demonised.<br /><br />I suspect this will require a shift in thinking that will be hard to effect! But if it can happen, it's for the better. And to cover all bases, perhaps it could be a marketable point of difference for schools etc. I believe there is a private boy's high school in Hawke's Bay (or Auckland? Can't recall) that is marketing itself in this very way.Opinionated Libertarimumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05453501477674912342noreply@blogger.com