where are we heading
I have just picked up this little piece of ''JOY''
Where the hell are we going?
''Last week a little three year old girl presented me with a cup cake from a tray she had made for her grandmothers birthday. I said “That’s great, why don’t you make batch for your kinder?”
Boy am I out of touch with this new world order of ours!
Her parents instantly corrected me saying that it was now not possible to do such without a food preparation certificate, and also that they needed a police check and working with children licence if they wished to attend the kinder and help out in any way.
I work as marine area volunteer, and have a current original project seeking to help disabled children experience the water, snorkeling, canoeing and just being wheeled through it in special plastic chairs. The insurance and similar un natural hurdles, have almost extinguished any hope of me helping them.''
Political correctness and the obsession with "safety" is ruining our lives. Our overprotective government is sucking all the fun out of life. The simple fact is that the "do-gooders" have stopped us from doing many of the things we have always enjoyed doing - e.g., try taking photo's of your kids/grandkids at a swim carnival.
I have family links to Thailand and near our home there is a poor but very well run orphanage which I support with donations. Several months ago, a well-meaning foreign supporter decided to give the kids a treat. He organised a bus and took about 28 children (plus supervising staff of the orphanage) on a day out to a major local shopping centre. The kids enjoyed a great day out - a wander through the shops, a great lunch......rides in the amusement park........swim in the olympic sized pool etc. There was no "paperwork", no police checks, no insurance requirements and as should be the case, THE KIDS CAME FIRST.
Try doing something like that in Australia without a lawyer and a project manager.