Peanut Gallery (Another side to trust issue)

“Yes, there is another side of the trust issue. The caring honest adult who USED to hug children. My husband loves kids. Use to take nephews and other friends children fishing all the time. Hug them when they fell down or had hurt feelings. NOW, he doesn’t dare. He knows he is a safe honest caring adult. But he is afraid that other adults won’t think so. Even a bus driver is taught they are not to hug a child who has fallen down on the bus, for fear of it being taken wrong. So where is the center line? There isn’t any left” — Cis Gors .

DFO: Cis just nailed something: Not only do we have to be careful to protect our children from sexual predators, but we have to be careful not to show affection to the children of others for fear of how other adults will perceive it. Alas.