freediver wrote on Aug 1
st, 2010 at 11:58am:
This article seems to be about small rural communities, which I expect would be fairly safe for kids at night. What could pass for neglect in a dangerous part of a big city may be completely normal elsewhere. The criticism seems to involve a lot of projection and ignorance.
Oh I completely agree. My daughter lives in Healesville and has done for 5-6 years. She is well aware of the aboriginal housing estate and the mob who like to occupy the local parks at night... and the front of Coles... for some reason that is beyond me. It's an aboriginal thing.
The locals know that if they leave them alone and do not trespass into these parks, avoid eye contact or any form of communication when going into coles and don't walk the streets at about the time that the aboriginals do on their way home... they remain perfectly safe.
It's the silly tourists that don't know the local rules and so get hurt as a result.
Quote:Given the psychology of domestic violence, I find it hard to believe that these kids are on the streets to avoid it, either consciously or subconsciously.
I need some kind of evidential link for that. Working in welfare has taught me that many youths seek to escape DV through various means... including... a preference for the streets rather than the DV home.