A question for Mums - Page 6

thomas3.16 · 21-11-2006, 21:42

i can see her point but it seems obvious that if she was concerned about her being on her own that someone would go with her to make sure she was getting on the bus safley....

CASPER · 21-11-2006, 21:48

I think that we've already been through all this and I'm sure that Willow will not wish to keep repeating herself (apologies if I am wrong Willow). All aspects of this topic have already been discussed. Please read through the thread again and you will see what I mean.

WillowTheWhisp · 22-11-2006, 12:32

Thank you Caspar, yes I think we have already been through all this and, if you read my opening post, Thomas you will see why I started this thread. You will see that my question was directed to other mothers to see if any others shared my concerns about not letting a child stand alone in the dark on a deserted street corner. Even the person I spoke to at the Hope Centre agreed with me on that.

If you'd bothered to read all my posts you might even have noticed that I said I wished I hadn't answered the post in which someone asked me which youth club it was. I should have let it remain anonymous but hindsight is a wonderful thing. This wasn't started as a thread of complaint. It was started as a query to see if others shared my view or thought I was being over protective. The initial replies indicated that I was not alone in my vews.

If you had bothered to read my posts you would have noticed also that there was no-one available to go down there with her and wait with her on that particular day. If my husband had been at home he would have taken her to the youth club himself in our car, never mind to the street corner rendezvous. I cannot drive so cannot do so, and I also have some health problems at present which make it extremely difficult for me to be able to stand for any length of time, partcularly in the cold and wet. Apart from which I don't even think it's a safe place for an adult to lurk in the dark let alone a child. If you'd read the whole thread you would have noticed that too.

I find it odd that you joined this forum purely to attack me in this thread. If you are a representatve of the Hope Centre you're really not doing it any favours. All you are doing is putting my daughter, and maybe others too, off going there again. Is that your intention? As I said, it wasn't their idea to go in the first place. They have been repeatedly invited by others on behalf of the youth club/church. I have also said that I have no objections to them going, but sadly you are beginning to change my mind on that now.

The person I spoke to on the phone at the Hope Centre on the other hand did give me a far more favourable impression of the church and the youth club than you are doing. Last Friday the mini bus called here. If the Youth Pastor and the driver object to doing that at any time in the future, and if my husband is working then my daughter(s) simply won't go. It won't worry them. They have plenty of other interests and things they can do on a Friday evening.

thomas3.16 · 22-11-2006, 17:56

i didnt join this thread to attack you i was just joining in on the first thing that caught my eye.......
i had not heard of the youth club untill i read your threads and was just trying to spark a debate