Over protection of children

[georgegeorgia]

I got talking to a school teacher from the UK yesterday laying on a Bana lounge next to me 

 

He kept saying before or after each sentence "excuse the French " 

Excuse the French ...I have no idea what he meant but loved it so I kept saying it this morning as well after each sentence 

But please can we get back on topic thanks !!

Anyway the teacher was talking about over protection of children at his school and nowadays if a child is running in a playground and falls there must be 2 teachers to assist and absolutely NO young students to be left alone with a teacher !

And no photos of students allowed 

 

I remember in the  in Australia a toddler running away down towards the busy road , a elderly woman sees me she shouts stop the baby !

I shout no way I don't want to get involved ! 

 

Anyway I told him if the hypocrites when a very big Scottish lady dominated me in the Pattaya pool a few years ago

Myself and around 2 other farangs who I didn't know were swimming in the pool when her young kids swam too and nearest us.

The very big Scottish lady came over ,"you out now " to all of us

One guy climbed out of the pool ,she looked at me "out ! My kids are swimming here !

"I don't want old men around my kids l !

Yes I said ,then was shocked 

Out! Out ! She shouts 

Yes madam I said immediately and the other guy got out too 

She was a big dominant woman.

Excuse the French 

 

Reminds me of taking self pics or pictures of things , someone now rushes over don't take pics of children!

There's children in the background!

No pics of anything, children are around !

 

 

Poor kids 

Excuse the French 

 

Are kids over protected ?

 

[Harrisfan]

7 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I got talking to a school teacher from the UK yesterday laying on a Bana lounge next to me 

 

He kept saying before or after each sentence "excuse the French " 

Excuse the French ...I have no idea what he meant but loved it so I kept saying it this morning as well after each sentence 

But please can we get back on topic thanks !!

Anyway the teacher was talking about over protection of children at his school and nowadays if a child is running in a playground and falls there must be 2 teachers to assist and absolutely NO young students to be left alone with a teacher !

And no photos of students allowed 

 

Anyway I told him if the hypocrites when a very big Scottish lady dominated me in the Pattaya pool a few years ago

Myself and around 2 other farangs who I didn't know were swimming in the pool when her young kids swam too and nearest us.

The very big Scottish lady came over ,"you out now " to all of us

One guy climbed out of the pool ,she looked at me "out ! My kids are swimming here !

"I don't want old men around my kids l !

Yes I said ,then was shocked 

Out! Out ! She shouts 

Yes madam I said immediately and the other guy got out too 

She was a big dominant woman.

Excuse the French 

 

Reminds me of taking self pics or pictures of things , someone now rushes over don't take pics of children!

There's children in the background!

No pics of anything, children are around 

 

Poor kids 

Excuse the French 

 

Are kids over protected ?

 

Who cares about kids?

[Nick Carter icp]

10 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I got talking to a school teacher from the UK yesterday laying on a Bana lounge next to me 

 

Anyway the teacher was talking about over protection of children at his school and nowadays if a child is running in a playground and falls there must be 2 teachers to assist and absolutely NO young students to be left alone with a teacher !

 

 

Are kids over protected ?

 

 

   That is to  protect the teacher from false allegations 

[Nick Carter icp]

13 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Excuse the French ...I have no idea what he meant but loved it so I kept saying it this morning as well after each sentence 

 

   Its apologising for swearing .

If you accidentally swore , you excuse it by pretending that you were speaking French .

   "Excuse me for speaking French"

[Harrisfan]

20 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Its apologising for swearing .

If you accidentally swore , you excuse it by pretending that you were speaking French .

   "Excuse me for speaking French"

Kind of racist

[fredwiggy]

"I remember in the  in Australia a toddler running away down towards the busy road , a elderly woman sees me she shouts stop the baby !

I shout no way I don't want to get involved ! "   You actually said this, and did nothing? Says a lot about your character.

[KireB]

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

Who cares about kids?

 

Most living thing, except amoebas, do. How about you?

[KireB]

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

Kind of racist

France or French is not a race. There was one in China yesterday.

[proton]

3 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Kind of racist

 

Not really, French is the largest influence on the English language and the court language for 100's of years.

 

A computerized survey of about 80,000 words in the third edition of the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, published by Finkenstaedt and Wolff in 1973 estimated the origin of English words to be as follows:^[8][9]

• French: 28.30%;
• Latin, including modern scientific and technical Latin: 28.24%;
• Germanic languages, as inherited from Old English, from Proto-Germanic, or a more recent borrowing from a Germanic language such as Old Norse, excluding Germanic words borrowed from a Romance language: 25%;^[a]
• Greek: 5.32%;

[spidermike007]

What they seem to be forgetting in this process is that there's absolutely nothing special about children. All they are is small people, coddle them too much and you end up paying the price and creating an entire snowflake generation. 

[Gandtee]

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Kind of racist

Oh, shut up!!

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I remember in the  in Australia a toddler running away down towards the busy road , a elderly woman sees me she shouts stop the baby !

I shout no way I don't want to get involved ! 

 

... Don't want to get involved with a child potentially running into the road and getting hit by a car ???

... another measure of your character ???

 

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"Excuse my French"  - A British colloquialism to apologise for bad language. 

 

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The Pool lady - I remember you posting that story before... she was bonkers. 

Some Western women, particularly Aussie women seem to 'have this impression' that any male is a predator...  Luckily they are not common.... 

 

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Thinks are a lot less neurotic here - but caution still needs to be taken - its important for the 'community' as in everyone around to be considerate and look after kids...  

[Skunkfarben]

Who don't like kids??

 

 

[worgeordie]

Over Protection of Children , that's what the World has come to, when I was a kid,

we played in the streets till dark or were hungry , kids today have lost that freedom, most

of them from a young age seem happy just to be on their phone or playing games.

 

I am pleased to be born when I was ,then there were the 60 s ,times might have been

harder ,but must of us were happy ,

 

regards worgeordie

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

19 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Over Protection of Children , that's what the World has come to, when I was a kid,

we played in the streets till dark or were hungry , kids today have lost that freedom, most

of them from a young age seem happy just to be on their phone or playing games.

 

I am pleased to be born when I was ,then there were the 60 s ,times might have been

harder ,but must of us were happy ,

 

regards worgeordie

 

It depends where you are.... and also how such matters are managed.

 

In nice area's the phones are a 'resources'...  Kids go out and play with their friends...  sometimes on their phones, mostly messing about doing other stiff, bikes, tree-forts etc...    then get a call from their folks when its time to come home... 

... Our homing beacon use to be our stomachs or the street lights going on....   but at least today, parents know where their kids are and thats safter.

 

We are astutely more aware of the risks children face these days than our folks were a generation ago. 

 

Also, in the cities its different, less chance for 'face to face interaction' in open wide safe spaces.

 

My son is online now on his iPad - 5 mates at the same time, all chatting away... all having fun... 

They all do an extra 2 hours ECA after school... then get home and continue to catch up...  they don't have to chance to meet up together after school because they life in a massive city.

 

 

For some, especially Boomers on forums such as this and then also the woke Zoomers - its seems iPads are the devils tool - Yet they are an outstanding resource, the educational capacity is excellent... So its not the tool itself - its how we continue to supervise our children so they can manage the resources at their fingertips.

 

 

 

 

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

they don't have to chance to meet up together after school because they life in a massive city.

Sad.

i think that’s why they all have anxiety, depression and mental health issues these days.

And we see the rise of the incels.

Impossible to get any action with girls if you are at home glued to an iPad. 
See a lot of fat kids around these days.

They should be out in the street on their bikes, running around chasing a ball and learning how to pick up girls.

i am still friends with the kids I used to hang around with after school. Those friendships are special.

[worgeordie]

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

It depends where you are.... and also how such matters are managed.

 

In nice area's the phones are a 'resources'...  Kids go out and play with their friends...  sometimes on their phones, mostly messing about doing other stiff, bikes, tree-forts etc...    then get a call from their folks when its time to come home... 

... Our homing beacon use to be our stomachs or the street lights going on....   but at least today, parents know where their kids are and thats safter.

 

We are astutely more aware of the risks children face these days than our folks were a generation ago. 

 

Also, in the cities its different, less chance for 'face to face interaction' in open wide safe spaces.

 

My son is online now on his iPad - 5 mates at the same time, all chatting away... all having fun... 

They all do an extra 2 hours ECA after school... then get home and continue to catch up...  they don't have to chance to meet up together after school because they life in a massive city.

 

 

For some, especially Boomers on forums such as this and then also the woke Zoomers - its seems iPads are the devils tool - Yet they are an outstanding resource, the educational capacity is excellent... So its not the tool itself - its how we continue to supervise our children so they can manage the resources at their fingertips.

 

 

 

 

Oh ! You know everything sir , 

 

regards worgeordie

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

8 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

It depends where you are.... and also how such matters are managed.

 

In nice area's the phones are a 'resources'...  Kids go out and play with their friends...  sometimes on their phones, mostly messing about doing other stiff, bikes, tree-forts etc...    then get a call from their folks when its time to come home... 

... Our homing beacon use to be our stomachs or the street lights going on....   but at least today, parents know where their kids are and thats safter.

 

We are astutely more aware of the risks children face these days than our folks were a generation ago. 

 

Also, in the cities its different, less chance for 'face to face interaction' in open wide safe spaces.

 

My son is online now on his iPad - 5 mates at the same time, all chatting away... all having fun... 

They all do an extra 2 hours ECA after school... then get home and continue to catch up...  they don't have to chance to meet up together after school because they life in a massive city.

 

 

For some, especially Boomers on forums such as this and then also the woke Zoomers - its seems iPads are the devils tool - Yet they are an outstanding resource, the educational capacity is excellent... So its not the tool itself - its how we continue to supervise our children so they can manage the resources at their fingertips.

 

 

 

 

Oh ! You know everything sir , 

 

regards worgeordie

 

Seems that struck a nerve, though I'm not sure why.... 

 

If I didn't use the word 'boomer' would you have objected with your sarcasm ?

 

 

[BangkokReady]

20 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

20 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Excuse the French ...I have no idea what he meant but loved it so I kept saying it this morning as well after each sentence 

 

   Its apologising for swearing .

If you accidentally swore , you excuse it by pretending that you were speaking French .

   "Excuse me for speaking French"

 

It's "Excuse my French".  And it's not for accidental swearing.  It's also not seriously pretending that the words are French.

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

This article is about the phrase. For other uses, see Pardon my French (disambiguation) and Excuse My French (disambiguation).

"Pardon my French" or "Excuse my French" is a common English language phrase for asking for excuse for one's profanity by the humorous assertion that the swear words were from the French language. It plays on the stereotype of Gallic sophistication, but can be used ironically.

[Surasak]

Do kids do this today?! I very much doubt it.

[Nick Carter icp]

1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:

 

It's "Excuse my French".  And it's not for accidental swearing.  It's also not seriously pretending that the words are French.

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

This article is about the phrase. For other uses, see Pardon my French (disambiguation) and Excuse My French (disambiguation).

"Pardon my French" or "Excuse my French" is a common English language phrase for asking for excuse for one's profanity by the humorous assertion that the swear words were from the French language. It plays on the stereotype of Gallic sophistication, but can be used ironically.

 

   You link says the same as what I said .

[Harrisfan]

1 hour ago, Surasak said:

Do kids do this today?! I very much doubt it.

But now everyone is doing the right

[BangkokReady]

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

You link says the same as what I said .

 

No. 

 

1. You said people say "Excuse me for speaking French", but they actually say "excuse/pardon my French".

 

2. You said they use it when they swear by accident, but actually it isn't for that.

 

3. You said they excuse swearing by pretending they were speaking French, but actually it's a humorous way and there is no pretence. 

 

So, no.  It doesn't say the same as what you said.  If it was the same (and you were correct), I wouldn't have bothered to comment.

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

No. 

1. You said people say "Excuse me for speaking French", but they actually say "excuse/pardon my French".

2. You said they use it when they swear by accident, but actually it isn't for that.

3. You said they excuse swearing by pretending they were speaking French, but actually it's a humorous way and there is no pretence. 

 

So, no.  It doesn't say the same as what you said.  If it was the same (and you were correct), I wouldn't have bothered to comment.

 

   I do recall Teachers in school says excuse my french when they accidentally swore in lessons .

   1 . It really doesn't matter that the actual words used are .

  2 . People do say excuse my French when when they swear accidently 

  3 . Yes its meant in a humorous way by pretending that its a French word and not a swear word

[BangkokReady]

36 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I do recall Teachers in school says excuse my french when they accidentally swore in lessons .

1 . It really doesn't matter that the actual words used are .

2 . People do say excuse my French when when they swear accidently 

3 . Yes its meant in a humorous way by pretending that its a French word and not a swear word

 

Glad you got that.  🫡

[Nick Carter icp]

3 hours ago, Surasak said:

Do kids do this today?! I very much doubt it.

 

   Kids with smartphones can spend all day learning about things online, instead of just hanging around the streets doing nothing 

[richard_smith237]

6 hours ago, Surasak said:

Do kids do this today?! I very much doubt it.

 

I'm so glad my son is growing up with the option to do both and much more...    so that his education is vastly improved and he's not stuck making limited binary observations as above.... 

 

[JAG]

On 3/24/2025 at 1:54 PM, Harrisfan said:

Kind of racist

Kind of racist? 

 

Don't be so bloody silly! Pardon my French!

[Felton Jarvis]

You cannot "over-protect" your children. If someone assaults your child, you are justified in using lethal force.

[Nick Carter icp]

4 minutes ago, Felton Jarvis said:

You cannot "over-protect" your children. If someone assaults your child, you are justified in using lethal force.

 

   What if its another child ?

If a child hits your child,  you can kill that other child?