You get an invite for your children to attend a party at the house of the new people at the end of the street. You've not met them, your neighbours haven't met them, not even seen them. But it will be fine, let the kids go play. So why as a parent are you letting them loose on Facebook.
Pretty common around these parts - but we're not a rich suburb so maybe have a bit more on our plates to worry about :)
We had a block party to invite new people a couple of years back (and basically one each time we get new neighbours). The new kids were fine playing out back of yard they'd never before been to, while their parents were inside with the rest of us. Audible, not visible, except for the odd glance out a window when someone was up and about.
The thing is, other people on the block have kids. Those other people let their kids play together. Maybe someone on the block has ideas the parents wouldn't appreciate but even so, the people with kids soon get to know the other people with kids, and while they're largely free to play in different yards we still tend to know where they are and what they're up to - they make enough damned noise about it!
The classrooms - well, all it means is that the person hasn't been caught doing something (which in most cases is quite simply because they haven't been doing anything - most teachers are pretty good). Just recently NZ had a thugby coach put away who'd been involved in schools and fiddling the kids for decades. Passed all the criminal checks. Passed all the regular "fit and proper person" checks. Didn't pass the boy's bedrooms though. It takes more than suspicion to stop them being a teacher (although enough suspicion can get them moved to other roles or given a "teacher aid", and a parent saying "I think he's a bit too friendly with the kids" is enough to ruin a man's career forever).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
