Comment by glimshe
1 day ago
"which of course I had to stop".
I want to go back to a world where I can be affectionate toward children without an implication of something more sinister.
1 day ago
"which of course I had to stop".
I want to go back to a world where I can be affectionate toward children without an implication of something more sinister.
It’s true though, it’s very risky for men in America to have any kind of interactions with other people’s children.
I’m a father of six. One of my oldest kids’ friends wrote me a great little letter out of the blue. I wrote her a short, heartfelt, and funny (IMO) reply, but after I talked with my wife, we decided I really just could not send it. There are too many risks. She thought the only safe thing to do would be to ignore the girl’s letter. And she’s right. That’s what I ended up doing. But it still makes me sad that that’s where society is these days.
Most of the world outside of North America is still this way.
except new zealand where men can't even be hired as teachers because parents don't trust them. at least that is what i was told by a friend who ran a school there.
think you've been led down a garden path there...this is not true, based on my equally anecdotal takes from family who are teachers there. There is a problem about lack of male teachers in NZ but that is more as a result of men not wanting to be teachers rather than parents not wanting it. Most schools are desperate to get more teachers and the govt as also tried schemes to get more men to teach.
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