Smacking of hypocrisy
Published Date:
21 November 2008
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the arrest of a father for smacking his son (your report, 18 November), it seems the police officers involved were able to remove a child from a parent on the strength of one complaint following one incident of alleged abuse.
The father observed: "I find it shocking how easy it is to have someone arrested." If it is so easy and requires as little corroboration as appeared in this case, why was the unfortunate Baby P allowed to remain with abusive adults, against whom a dossier of alleged abuse had been compiled over some time?
SUSAN CLEGHORN
Seafield Road
Broughty Ferry
Ronnie Smith, general-secretary of the EIS, Scotland's main teaching union (your report, 18 November), accuses the headmistress of Cheltenham Ladies' College of being "far too negative about young people", when, in fact, she was negative about the shallow, materialistic, coarse, immoral and sexualised culture confronting girls every day.
Vicky Tuck seems aware of just how hard she needs to try to counter these negative influences to ensure the healthy character development of her charges. "Child protection" is defined far too narrowly; it's not just abusers children need protecting from.
RICHARD LUCAS
Cowan Road
Edinburgh
The full article contains 205 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
20 November 2008 8:49 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
