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WillowTheWhisp · 04-10-2007, 09:34

Yes, it's this good Samaritan thing I am referring too after what other people posted on a previous thread. My natural instinct would be to help but it seems that people are put off these days because they get into trouble for helping. I was quite shocked by some of the information provided there by some of our other members.

Jambutty, before you accuse me of being selfish perhaps you should check out my response to those comments in the drowning boy thread. Or are you determined to carry on a personal vendetta from elsewhere?

If I see a child crying in the school playground when I am there in my official capacity my instinct is to put my arm round him or her and comfort them but guess what - this is no longer allowed. I find this incredibly sad.

I used to teach a nursery class and it use to be normal procedure for one teacher to take a child to the toilet when the child needed to go, but guess what, that is no longer allowed either. Now if there are not 2 people available to take the child then the whole class has to be trouped along and the child has to go to the toilet WITH THE DOOR OPEN, so that an adult and child are not alone together in the toilet. Again I find this very sad.

A child fell off his bike outside our house. He was crying. His knee was bleeding. I bathed it, dabbed on some antiseptic and put a plaster on it. I suppose he could be allergic to the plaster and I could be sued by the parents. I suppose I could have been accused of assault for putting antiseptic on, after all teachers are no longer allowed to do things like that. I didn't invite the child into the house but did all this on the garden wall because I have had it drummed into me about not being alone with a child I am not related to. I took the chance of caring for the boy's knee because I cared more about that than about the risk of being sued.

My point is though that whatever you do these days you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. Life used to be a darned site simpler when people just used common sense but it all stems from this money grabbing society we live in coupled with a morbid fear of paedophiles. I'm sure the latter manage to entice children into their clutches regardless of all these rules and regulations.

04-10-2007, 09:34	#11
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: first aid at school Yes, it's this good Samaritan thing I am referring too after what other people posted on a previous thread. My natural instinct would be to help but it seems that people are put off these days because they get into trouble for helping. I was quite shocked by some of the information provided there by some of our other members. Jambutty, before you accuse me of being selfish perhaps you should check out my response to those comments in the drowning boy thread. Or are you determined to carry on a personal vendetta from elsewhere? If I see a child crying in the school playground when I am there in my official capacity my instinct is to put my arm round him or her and comfort them but guess what - this is no longer allowed. I find this incredibly sad. I used to teach a nursery class and it use to be normal procedure for one teacher to take a child to the toilet when the child needed to go, but guess what, that is no longer allowed either. Now if there are not 2 people available to take the child then the whole class has to be trouped along and the child has to go to the toilet WITH THE DOOR OPEN, so that an adult and child are not alone together in the toilet. Again I find this very sad. A child fell off his bike outside our house. He was crying. His knee was bleeding. I bathed it, dabbed on some antiseptic and put a plaster on it. I suppose he could be allergic to the plaster and I could be sued by the parents. I suppose I could have been accused of assault for putting antiseptic on, after all teachers are no longer allowed to do things like that. I didn't invite the child into the house but did all this on the garden wall because I have had it drummed into me about not being alone with a child I am not related to. I took the chance of caring for the boy's knee because I cared more about that than about the risk of being sued. My point is though that whatever you do these days you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. Life used to be a darned site simpler when people just used common sense but it all stems from this money grabbing society we live in coupled with a morbid fear of paedophiles. I'm sure the latter manage to entice children into their clutches regardless of all these rules and regulations. __________________