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Original poster

To let my 9 year old become a latch key kid......

225 replies

KIMItheThreadSlayer · 30/09/2009 10:48

......as clearly all my friends are pedophiles and axe murderers according to the government and unless I pay to get them all vetted by the nanny state I will soon be breaking the law to ask my friend to pick DS2 up from school the one day a week I go to take my disabled mother out.
I shall give DS2 a key and tell him to walk home alone across 2 main roads, (better get him a reflective vest as dark nights are coming) and when he get in I shall tell him to cook the dinner and sweep the chimney!!!!!!

[DISCLAIMER PLEASE NOTE I HAVE NO SUCH INTENTION I AM JUST FED UP WITH THE WHOLE NANNY STATE]

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bigchris · 30/09/2009 10:51

yanbu, lol

claricebeansmum · 30/09/2009 10:52

LOL! I have learned to keep quiet on many of these types of thread as I am quite a lax liberal mother.

I can't stand the constant state interference.

mumeeee · 30/09/2009 11:00

YANBU. But will you really be breaking the law if you ask a friend to pick him up?

prettyfly1 · 30/09/2009 11:03

yip. if friend has him for more then two hours and she has any kind of perceived reward for doing so - which could be a meal together, a bottle of wine or reciprocal help, she will indeed be breaking the law.

Lol - loved your post and have informed my four year old he will shortly be doing the same - we dont have a chimney but I have arranged for some nice piecework for him to do

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KIMItheThreadSlayer · 30/09/2009 11:03

It would seem so according to the stuff in the papers at the moment......

And clearly I will not be picking up children of any of my friends as DH and I are bound to sacrifice them as part of our satanic devil worship....

[DISCLAIMER NEITHER DH OR I ARE DEVIL WORSHIPERS]

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BLEEPyouYOUbleepingBLEEP · 30/09/2009 11:04

I'm with you on the PITA nanny state, and the 'if you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to fear' crap grrr

OrmIrian · 30/09/2009 11:05

ATM I have a latch key 12yr old, 10yr old and 6 yr old. The original intention was to ask a neighbour to walk them home but clearly she isn't to be trusted

Moontheloon · 30/09/2009 11:12

I think you are a disgrace, how do you know your friends are not all of the things you have mentioned? Have you run CRB checks? No I didn't think so! I absolutely agree that you should be paying tax on the rewards and also that ALL your friends and relatives should be OFSTED registered.

You selfish, selfish woman.

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KIMItheThreadSlayer · 30/09/2009 11:13

No one can be trusted, (unless you have a bit of paper from the government).

In fact I am sure everyone on her is just trying to find out where I live so you can come and kidnap my children

[DISCLAIMER THAT IS NOT WHAT I THINK]

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KIMItheThreadSlayer · 30/09/2009 11:14

ROFLMAO MOON

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katiestar · 30/09/2009 11:22

No informal arrangements between friends are not covered.But there was something in the news about 2 mums minding each other's kids and that was illegal so who knows!

valhala · 30/09/2009 11:23

I believe that this has, at least in part, come about as a result of the Soham murder case.

Although the LA and school screwed up over Huntley, correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't his equally evil partner CRB checked as a TA in the primary school which the victims attended?

diddl · 30/09/2009 11:26

YABU-cook the dinner and sweep the chimney-I think at nine either or is enough, TBH.

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KIMItheThreadSlayer · 30/09/2009 11:26

Someone I know (via a friend) has a brother in law who was a scout leader and a gym instructor all CRB checked and so on who is doing 14 months for child abuse.

Ah yes that little bit of paper means soooooo much.

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claricebeansmum · 30/09/2009 11:27

Valhala makes the point so well.
Having been CRB checked and having the nanny state give you a million checks cannot prescribe what might happen in the future.

MaryBS · 30/09/2009 11:28

I am SO disappointed I don't have a chimney!

claricebeansmum · 30/09/2009 11:29

I have huge chimneys.
That's where my DC sleep if they have been good.

ErikaMaye · 30/09/2009 11:30

Kimi, shame on you!! SHAME!!!!

overmydeadbody · 30/09/2009 11:33

My parents have chimneys

CRB checks don't protect children from baddies who have never been cought though do they?

Moontheloon · 30/09/2009 11:43
ErikaMaye · 30/09/2009 11:45

Ohh Moon, can I be your backing track?

"I'm reviewing the situation..."

Everhopeful · 30/09/2009 11:46

The amount of bureacracy borne of a few people who didn't use a bit of common....YANBU. Even if you did run CRB checks on everyone you know, it's only valid on the date it was done, that's why they insist on you doing it all over again for every organisation you are involved with kids for.

Moontheloon · 30/09/2009 11:48

Have you got a viscious little dog with a patch over one eye Erika? If so then 'consider youself at home'

ErikaMaye · 30/09/2009 11:49

I do, and I'll keep him "as long as he needs me"

Moontheloon · 30/09/2009 11:55

LOL! I think we have hijacked Kimi's thread Erika, if we look after it while she is at work will we need to get OFTHREAD registered?