Cotton wool kids

[playme]

now showing on c4

these poor kids are they going to be able to have a life or what

[Earl]

I don't know, what's it about?

[playme]

over protective parents, there not allowed ot to play and there parents drive them everywere pretty sad really

[Ck]

Like caged animals. They're the ones that'll learn to tell lies and rebel and turn into a nightmare teen and then the parents wonder what the F they did wrong.

[playme]

one was going to get her daughter chipped, like I said to mr demic, if there not equiped to deal with life how they going to cope when there older

[Ck]

Yeah, they'll get a nasty shock. How old were the kids?

[playme]

the average age was about 9-10 there was one 13 year old boy who wasnt allowed to get the bus to school andhis dad drove him everywere, he wouldnt let him stay at his mates for the week as the boy was allowed to go out

[playme]

Our cotton-wool kids - Times Online

[Ck]

That's a good point in that link, they're unable to judge the speed of cars 'cos they've never grown up learning to cross roads.

[playme]

they also point out the amount of child murders has remained virtually at the same rate for 30 years. There are no more peodophiles about, they just get caught now, and people talk about it. Where as years ago it was swept under the carpet