Do you get sceptical if you see school age children alone in the street during school hours?

[DelicianoLopez]

okay, mines He'd. people could think the same about mine except shes disabled and always with me. never alone.

I try and think' are they on an inset day?

Is it half term or something? or things like that.

yes I take mine out during the school day as shes socially challenged and I can take her out when streets and places are not too busy, we do lessons on a Saturday and have a 'day off' during the week, so im sure we gets judged, but I see, especially where I live a lot of children-age roughly 8 till 16 hanging around on the streets a lot.

im sure theres an explanation, im not exactly going to go up to them and ask, I don't say anything, just wondering!

does anyone else notice this? or is there a logical explanation?

Doesn't it depend what they are doing?

Playing knock down ginger, loafing on street corners or throwing stones at cars equals truanting to my mind.

Waiting at a bus stop, shopping etc equals going about their legitimate business and therefore none of mine.

For Teens with special needs especially school hours means the quietest time of day to practice the many life skills they'll need and shock horror some are let out of special schools to practice, not just home edders. This is a really big deal for some kids and I refuse to be the nosey parker whose interference wrecks a kid's life chances.

I'll ask a kid who looks lost or confused if they are OK, but I will not under any circumstances interrogate them. There is a big difference between the two approaches.

This country suffers from an excess of finger pointing and a total absence of genuine compassion imho. The Rochdale case being an example of what I mean. It's a monster I refuse to feed.