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Kids stopped from making a den by police
sweetpeanut
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Isn't that all part of childhood 
I am so glad I was born when I was.
http://iacknowledge.net/police-called-to-deal-with-girls-building-den-in-woods-can-we-please-stop-criminalising-childhood/
I am so glad I was born when I was.
http://iacknowledge.net/police-called-to-deal-with-girls-building-den-in-woods-can-we-please-stop-criminalising-childhood/
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It was members of the public who reported this, and building treehouses does damage trees, which isn't actually allowed. it's nothing new.
Kids today we complain about the fact they dont go out to play and are sullen creatures who live via social media and then jobsworths and miseries step in when some do just try and behave like kids.
They weren't building a tree house but a den on the floor ( thats what I gather from other news sources ) and the wood was from the floor so no damage done, so in this case I think it was a bit OTT to stop them playing.
I doubt we'll know what really happened, but if no damage was being caused, they should have left them to it. We don't know what was said to them, as kids can stretch the truth at times, but really, why the hell this is a story I don't know.
No action was taken at all by the sound of it, other than a warning about damaging trees, which would be fair enough.
Maybe the location was blocking footpaths or causing a dangerous obstruction. They couldve been using wire or something to tie it together which might cause trouble if younger children play in the area and get caught up.
Or it could be that the area in question has a problem with teenagers hanging about causing trouble, so a den like that attracting more potential trouble makers might be seen as a problem. Especially so if they were confronted by a member of the public who got a rude answer back and then decided to report them.
http://visitwoods.org.uk/en/visit-woods/things-to-do/adventure/pages/den-building.aspx#.U1UntVfLVnE
Drug search at Bristol Airport performed on little girls' Easter eggs
http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/Drug-search-Bristol-Airport-performed-little/story-20974568-detail/story.html
The eggs were broken, and checked for drugs, the Airport has apologised, and promised to send the girls, more Easter Eggs
Welcome to Gestapo Britain
Unfortunately people would use kids to do this sort of thing so they do have to check, Broken eggs is not the end of the world
Funny think, my brother was just visiting and we were laughing at the things we used to get up to. One of my younger brothers appeared at an upstairs window one with an umbrella ready to parachute out
Den building is great fun, I hope somebody gives the youngsters some stretchy ropes and tarpaulin to make more dens, that's all they would need and see if people still complain.........miserable gits!
I thought it looked about the bottom line here. The OP link was extremely sensationalist, and the parents clearly wanted their moment in the spotlight.
I've heard stories about how it was just like this in Germany during the 30's.
That reminds me of my brother years ago just after the war. he used to come home with all sorts of ex army stuff and one day he came home with a real silk parachute. we lived in a 3 storey house and he was going to jump out of the top window.
When we visited my sister in America her son had built a magnificent tree house in the woods, with 2 rooms, carpets on the floor and beds, so we went and spent the night in it.:D
More accurate headline is "Police respond to call from member of the public". We don't know the circumstances, such as if there is a history of drug use/drinking/anti social behaviour in the woodland in question. Perhaps the locals are just a little anxious about any youths choosing to hang around in the area.
They were seen and reported for dragging wood into the woods.
Yes it is a non story, but not so long ago it would have been a non phone call and a non police visit.
They didn't actually do anything to the kids though did they? They answered a call from the good old British public, and then decided no action was necessary.
When I was a kid every day was outside, running up and down the 'dangerous' chalk cliffs (we never ever used the steps) and building all sorts of camps and dens. - You learn so much by actually doing something: Way more than the current generation know about ropes levers and anything practical.
We even used to take out small kitchen knives to cut small branches for the camps. Do that now and all hell would break loose.
Yes of course we fell off things and scrapped off skin but having big scabs was as much a part of childhood as knowing the local paedophile over the road who would invite youngsters up to his room. We just use to call him names. None of this outrage we have today.
So I thought I'd do some digging...
She sounds like an absolutely wonderful young lady!
Personally I think that there are better ways to deal with the disgusting habit of spitting, however I have no sympathy for her, and I certainly don't see the relevance of her being deaf.
Now, back to the topic and in particular the Daily Mail version of the story.
Had checked they had Asbos? Good grief no! You mean the police checked the kids details on their systems, how terrible. I'm sure the DM would be up in arms had one of the kids been in fact a missing person and police had not checked them on the systems.
So rather than addressing it (as she feels she needs to) with the officer who was happy to speak with her, she felt the best way to address it was to run to the media? How grown up.
Sounds reasonable to me.
Treated like criminals? Criminals get arrested, interviewed, charged and bailed to court. Did that happens to the kids?
My sister wanted to have a tree house for her kids in her back garden but abandoned it after learning it would need planning permission.