PC and Children

There was a time when children were safe in the community. Sadly this is no longer the case. From time to time I have assisted at an after school care (Afcare) program. When a child is hurt or crying your natural instinct is too cuddle them to make it better. You do not dare do so today do you? You must be so careful or you leave yourself open to terrible allegations. Not long ago, through a stuff up, I went to a primary school to meet a school boy and escort him safely to the Afcare program about quarter of a mile away. I did not know the child and he did not know me. I only knew where I was to meet him. I waited, and waited. I asked parents and teachers. Nobody could see or remember the child. One mother asked me what I was doing. In hindsight, my comment that I was "Looking for a boy," wasn't my greatest line. The result? The boy's father had picked him up early and not notified the Afcare program. How dangerous is that! How sad that in this day and age when children are growing up, in many cases without a male presence, interaction between children of both genders has to be so carefully managed by both genders.