Think Lizzie was brave to put her true pic online, one which I wouldn't do myself.
Think Lizzie has done the best thing to remove it and replace it with something else. You can't be too careful in this perverse world we live in now.
Best to be safe as you can.
My partner had a rather experirence with a strange chap chat to her one day in the local supermarket, she made her excuses, and dumped her shoping basket around in the next idal and then left the shop.
Upset she told me, and I went beserk as I wanted to go down the shop and find the little (person !), and sort him out.
So now I go with her to the shops, in case he's around again, so far so good, not seen him.
Scarey though, as who knows if he's a wanted by the autherities.
Worse case I know by my experierance, so I for one think Lizzie has been very sensible if she feels it was something that needed doing.
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I think M it is more a perverse UK rather than the world as a whole, and I find it so sad how our lives have to be lived always with "security" in mind for us and our children. 
Hence, why i wont take kids on their own, without parents/escorts.
Quite a few drivers are like me, wont take them.
My office knows i wont, and the computer is set never to give me a 'kids' job. OK sometimes one slips thro' and i decide wether to pickup.
If you carnt work out why i wont, i'll tell ya
I can really understand that TD. Very sad but very necessary!
I didn't want to get too deep in discussion on this thread, but for me I must ask myself, where did those innocent days of the 1950s go??
We ran around, played around, going everywhere around town when only six or seven without our parents. We played in parks, on the 'wrecks', and pushed our dollies prams without anything untowards happening to us or other children.
Yes some very unpleasant things we now know did happen to children "behind closed doors", but generally we all were very, very safe with respect for others and authority. Now we are not only very aware of the many risks to our children / grandchildren, but also to us as adults. Even when we use a technological 'advancements' like personal computers and e-mail.
Oh, for those long lost days of carefree innocence!! 
8-) 8-)
And before anyone challenges this, my parents (in their 80s now) frequently confirm they were "safe" times compared to today, and it is far from just nostalgia! 
To be fair Lizzie you are right, but It depends where you live, the kids roam the streets and the park in our village.
Mind, my daughter has a mobile phone
Children of all ages can be seen playing, at a young age, unsupervised on many of our housing estates. As you know, most 'protection' issues are 'in house' anyway. Just a very very simplistic comment, don't want to get drawn into a debate
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