Cutting Edge - Cotton Wool Kids

[StarsOfCCTV]

Cotton Wool Kids

Tonight on Channel 4 - 9pm


http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/cutting_edge/images/cotton_wool_kids/cotton_wool_kids2.jpg Adel, Sam and Toni believe Britain has never been more dangerous. They fear teenagers allowed out on their own will be stabbed or mugged, and younger kids abducted. So they keep their offspring under close supervision. And with terrible stories in the newspapers every day, perhaps it's not surprising. But is Adel right to ban his 13-year-old son from going out with his friends, and should Toni tell her nine-year-old daughter that everyone they pass on the street is a potential kidnapper? This Cutting Edge film asks children how parental anxiety affects them.

[Pinkbanana]

I'm looking forward to watching this - thanks for posting reminder!!! :thumbsup:

[Abigail]

I saw the trailer for this

"What are you afraid of?" "Getting Stabbed, getting shot, somebody kidnapping me, being mugged, being raped..."

Why do these parents tell their kids that something bad WILL happen to them if they go outside? :confused: Let them be kids and stop worrying them. Its one thing to warn your kids about stranger danger etc but quite another stopping them going out in case they get mugged.

[no1abbafan]

I watched this in utter disbelief - how these parents were bringing up the kids was unreal. I have 2 kids and do worry about them but not to this extent. One was even thinking of having her daughter chipped so she would always know where she was if she was snatched. The main reason for this paranoia was Madeline McCann going missing.

[pookie1968uk]

surely there is a compromise to be reached in all this. no we cant wrap our kids up in cotton wool but no they cant have the freedom that i had when i was young. some parents lets their kids go out for hours and dont know where they are.
yes give then some freedom but judged on age and responsibility.

[miccisy]

I hate it when you get those parents who say "when i was younger i was allowed to do so-and-so n it was a mistake so i am not going to let my kids do that"

Kids should be allowed to do things they want to do (within reason of course) and make mistakes because that is how they learn to look after themself. Yes teach kids to be weary of strangers and old pervs in the park but i would never ban my children from playing with their friends or going out.

Yeah i would be worried about all the other idiots out their who let their kids play with knives and arent bothered if their kids are taking drugs or whatever but i would trust that i had raised my child right.