Works for child line horrible to children

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AIBU to think that if you work for child line as a second job, your first job (involving children) should also embody those values and ensure children feel loved and safe?

Please explain further

It's hard to explain as it would be too revealing

Ifyou can't explain, how can we answer?

Maybe you are just doing it for work experience/ to make your cv look good.

Quite often I find that social workers who volunteer for charity phonelines are targeted by disgruntled ex clients.

No idea wtf you are chattin about

If you refuse to explain further, then no idea

I think it’s obvious that OP knows someone who works for childline but doesn’t treat children nicely? If that’s the case OP then yes I agree with you

Clearly everyone should treat children well regardless if they work for childline.

I agree that some posters are being deliberately obtuse (or are really dim). I also agree that the inconsistency is worrying. If you aren't committed to child welfare don't involve yourself with that organisation.

I think sometimes if you are aware of the horrible situations some children are exposed to via childline - it can end up making you quite blunt and unsympathetic when children are upset their parents aren't getting them the new phone they want for Christmas.

If it’s that hard to explain, why post here? On the face of it, YANBU, but I don’t know what you want or expect from this thread.

I agree that some posters are being deliberately obtuse (or are really dim). I also agree that the inconsistency is worrying

Complaining about inconsistency, and then following that up by ...being inconsistent.

That in itself is pretty fucking dim (as you accuse other posters of being) to be fair

Yabu for starting this thread when you cannot give any more info.
Did you not think that people would require some details?

But OP could be talking about anything. She is being U if she's complaining that her child's teacher who works for Childline gave her child a detention for talking in class. She is not being U if she's complaining that said teacher beat half the class with a ruler.

It isn't obtuse to say "we can't comment on vague generalities"

Well if you won't or can't open up to us.
Maybe We're not the ones you should be talking to.
If you have any suspicions about their conduct or their suitability for this role. You need to find away to inform the relevant bodies
You can't start a ridiculously vague thread like that and expect answers

If there is a child at risk, you need to report it.

Depends what is actually meant by horrible?

I'm horrible to my DS for not letting him play the ne season of fortnite til the weekend, for example.

U OK hun?

Working for childline night make you less patient with children who have every opportunity/ privilege?
It shouldn’t but I can see it might.

AIBU to think that if you work for child line as a second job, your first job (involving children) should also embody those values and ensure children feel loved and safe?

It's hard to explain as it would be too revealing

Okay well I suppose that on the face of it we will assume you are you correct and we'll all just say YANBU and that'll be the end of the thread.

"AIBU to think that if you work for child line as a second job, your first job (involving children) should also embody those values and ensure children feel loved and safe?"

I'm trying to think of a job that involves working with children that doesn't have a similar Ethos as Child line.

OP, Childliine's direct Ethos isn't that children should feel loved.

I don't think people 'work' for childline though, do they? They're all volunteers.

Working on the phones with people constantly is draining enough. Doing it when people are telling you they've had all manner or horrible things happening to them does make you a bit less tolerant of life's moaners.

A friend of mine volunteered for them for a while, horrible bullying culture there.

Depends partly in what capacity the person works for the organisation. If they are the accountant and have no contact with distressed children, it doesn't actually matter if they are not good with children.

OP are you saying their job does not involving making children feel safe and loved or are you saying that their job does the opposite of making children feel safe and loved?

I am struggling to think of a job that does the opppsite of making children feel safe and loved in the long term.