YES - ALAN HATTON-YEO, DIRECTOR, BETH JOHNSON FOUNDATION
There is reduced contact between young and older people. Because of that, they don't understand each other. Older people are much less tolerant of young people and can behave negatively towards them. The way young people behave nowadays is not the same and older people can misinterpret that as being rude, dismissive and arrogant. Older people make assumptions about the way young people behave. They also forget what it was like when they were young.
NO - SHAUN KELLY, SAFEGUARDING MANAGER, CHILDREN'S CHARITY NCH
Organisations working with children need working practices that protect both children and employees. Concerns about being accused of abuse need to be balanced with the knowledge that strangers are not the only dangers to children. They're more likely to be abused by people they know. The challenge for childcare professionals is to protect children from abuse without reducing their opportunities to access activities.
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