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Originally Posted by graciegirl
It is the same as the buffalo. Grandparents were going over the first of two fences to take their grandkids close to feed the buffalo that used to be penned in areas around town. The buffalo who had recently given birth were dangerously protective. They are wild animals. They are not domestic pets with personalities who like people.
The developer removed the buffalo and there was thread after thread on here with all kinds of criticism of the developer.
Things have not changed. Human children are not born ready to fend for themselves. It is a long and challenging job getting them to that point. If kids are not accompanied by adults here, it leaves the rest of us to feel we have to watch out for those kids and that isn't our job anymore. It is one of the reasons I moved here so I don't have to worry about kids and watch them unattended do dangerous things.
I love children, I love to be around them, but I don't want to have to worry about them.
So if we wrote The Sun, what would we say? I'd say that children need always to be accompanied by adults, but the squares are public areas. And even if they are with adults, the adults sometimes have less sense than the kids.  |
Well said! I must add to what I said earlier (was not very clear) that we have seen parents allowing their children to run and hang on the ropes, etc. on the boardwalk. They are usually walking along as the kids run ahead. Since the lack of supervision by some parents cannot be changed, it really is necessary for someone to step in to make the area safer.
Several years ago I was in a hotel pool and a mother and grandmother were chatting in the pool and had three small children with them. The two older ones had arm floatation bands, the younger one, about a year old did not and the mother had him sitting on the inside ledge of the pool. My husband and I were keeping an eye on the children because the mom and grandmother were not.
Very quietly, the little one just slipped in under the water...no splash, no sound. I ran across the pool and snatched that baby up and handed him to his mother. I could not speak, it was terrifying. The mother said nothing to me at first as I really think it took her a minute to realize what happened. At first she looked at me like - what are you doing with my baby? She finally muttered an embarrassed thank you. We left the pool afterwards as I needed to go and have a good cry. I can't imagine what would have happened had we not been there at that moment. We were the only ones there at the same time as that family. All I could do was thank God we had been there at that moment.
Bringing it back to your comment Gracie, about loving children but not wanting to worry about them....I am with you.