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Comment on The Peter Connolly Story: a tragic story that cannot be rewritten by Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:42:04 +0000

I feel the same way, this story too made me even more aware of how important it is too make our children aware of how much they are loved and that they feel secure. I think Peter has touched more lives than we will ever know about.

Comment on The Peter Connolly Story: a tragic story that cannot be rewritten by LPJ

LPJ — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:58:47 +0000

Two weeks back, I had a dream where the b@stard stepfather Steven Barker was sitting on my couch and I am trying to pull out an iron rod from under my bed to knock him dead but the rod was getting stuck … & I was yelling & grunting in my sleep, so much that my son started crying & I couldnt sleep the rest of the night. I felt the hatred ,anger & disgust I felt the very first time I read about baby Peter in UK in Nov 2008 in the MIRROR paper when I was travelling to work in the bus, a sick feeling in my stomach that lasted for 2-3 months & uncontrollable tears, it even affected my work…
its changed my life & made me love my son more & more with each passing day …
RIP baby Peter, I want to kiss & hug U forever if I see U in Heaven…

Comment on The school playground is not what it used to be – it is too…safe. by Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:50:14 +0000

I think it is important that our kids are NOT afraid to tell an adult of something that has happened but what I am seeing is a culture of ‘report everything, no detail too small’. Of course most children go through a phase where they tell on each other all the time, my own sister did it and my 24 year old son still likes to get one over on his slightly younger brother now and again…

I think it is a shame that this paranoia has crept into the playground because I think there is a lot to be said for telling a child who has simply fallen over to ‘get up, get over it and get on with the game’ rather than make a huge fuss over them, fill out a report and file it down as an ‘incident’…what will this turn our kids into by the time they are teenagers? Kids have better judgement than we give them credit for – I had one little girl who recently reported every minor detail in the playground to me on a minute-by-minute basis and I simply asked her were the people she was telling on asking her to do so?…it has nipped the problem in the bud.

Comment on The school playground is not what it used to be – it is too…safe. by Louise

Louise — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:59:06 +0000

Spot on! I’m trying to teach my 3 year old to stop being a tell tale! He is learning at nursery that he should tell when someone is doing something naughty, and when he gets home, I am trying to teach him to mind his own business and only worry about himself. It gets confusing.

Comment on The Peter Connolly Story: a tragic story that cannot be rewritten by Leena, Dominic

Leena, Dominic — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:56:46 +0000

I wish I got an answer to why God let children suffer, but this whole thing has a different way to be looked at, God did send the police, doctors & social workers time & again to save him but what could God do if they weren’t doing their duty well. . also, every week a child dies of abuse in UK alone, wasn’t baby Peter’s death an eye opener to the Government & Social Services & all of us. Because of the media exposure of the unbelievably horrific story atleast people will be more vigilent & people who need to get involved, will do their duties well. Anyways, baby Peter’s death cannot be justified, it’s just too sad.. Im sure he is with the angels now playing with other children….
RIP , lil Peter