MRWELL
Well-known member
Many years ago i decided to take a few of the local kids who was invalids mainly fishing,it was only two or three and a friend of mine did the driving because i could not drive,it was a very rewarding days fishing seeing those kids fishing and helping them to catch a few as well so much so that i decided to do this on a more regular basis and i did.
I had to think things through because of the safety issues and i never took them anywhere near deep water and always on flat surfaces (if i could find any),i also decided not to take more than four at anyone time,again this was because of the safety issues,i always had the parents permission to take the kids and i was trusted to take good care of them and i did.
I found it very rewarding and would have loved to have continued doing it but it became a hard thing to organise and transport was always a big problem so in the end i had to stop,it really upset me at the time to see all those kids faces after they was told it would be their last time but there was nothing i could do about it,all this happend many years ago now but i wonder if i was doing this today would it be right or would it be looked on as playing with fire,it was all done out of the kindness of my heart but when i see and read all these things about adults and kids (you know what i mean) it makes my skin creep to think i could have been talked about in this way.
Have any of you been in this kind of situation before,don't get me wrong nothing was ever said but it could have been,was i right at that time to do what i did or was i playing with fire,i can see what could have happend but it never did,i don't think i would do the same thing again today if i had the chance...would you?
I had to think things through because of the safety issues and i never took them anywhere near deep water and always on flat surfaces (if i could find any),i also decided not to take more than four at anyone time,again this was because of the safety issues,i always had the parents permission to take the kids and i was trusted to take good care of them and i did.
I found it very rewarding and would have loved to have continued doing it but it became a hard thing to organise and transport was always a big problem so in the end i had to stop,it really upset me at the time to see all those kids faces after they was told it would be their last time but there was nothing i could do about it,all this happend many years ago now but i wonder if i was doing this today would it be right or would it be looked on as playing with fire,it was all done out of the kindness of my heart but when i see and read all these things about adults and kids (you know what i mean) it makes my skin creep to think i could have been talked about in this way.
Have any of you been in this kind of situation before,don't get me wrong nothing was ever said but it could have been,was i right at that time to do what i did or was i playing with fire,i can see what could have happend but it never did,i don't think i would do the same thing again today if i had the chance...would you?