Dear Editor,
The video circulating of the lone minister on a lone mission to deliver a lone computer to a lone student is really much ado about nothing. The fanfare was uncalled for. It should have been left for the student to heap the praises.
I agree with the leader of ALP on the issue of young children at adult bars and parties (KN Nov 18). Recently, it was observed where a young child was seen sitting at an outside bar with her parents, who were imbibing. The practice is more pronounced at such gatherings as weddings and other in-house social functions where alcohol flows freely and some adults encourage young children to take a sip. This is where the deviant behaviour starts. Adults need to be more responsible. Having a young child sitting while adult activity, such as drinking, is taking place is not in the child’s best social interest or development. Children learn what they see and hear and also what they see others do.
The letter writer who lamented about the recent Tiger Bay renewal/rebirth plan, made plain her disapproval of children posing in a photograph with a minister being badly dressed (SN Nov 18). Was the disapproval because the children were of a particular, dominant ethnic group? The photograph was the result of a joyous, spontaneous moment not intended to embarrass or belittle the community in any way or form.
The incident of the child who had his tongue injured, requiring stitches, as a result of alleged school bullying (KN Nov 18), is troubling as it is repulsive. It is a troubling state for the education sector when a six year old can be so injured.
I wish the child a full recovery from his injury.