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Parents Hiring Security Guards to Walk Kids Home from School
The message of this staged photo from the Daily Mail is clear: behind every rich private school girl there lurks a poor gansta boy just looking for his next victim. With pictures like this floating around, it’s no wonder that parents in middle and upper class suburbs are concerned about their daughters walking home alone.
In the London suburb of Hampstead, parents are increasingly relying on private security guards to make sure their teenage daughters get home from school safely. One security company reports that they walk three separate teen girls home from the bus every day.
Parents’ safety concerns appear valid, as Hampstead has recently been plagued with a spate of burglaries, mostly targeting women who are alone. But the solution that fearful parents are turning to is dangerously close to privatizing safety (not that that doesn’t already happen to some extent). If a neighborhood is having security risks, those risks need to be addressed by the police force, so that everyone is safer, not just people who can afford to be.
Would you ever hire a private security guard for your kids?
Photo: The Daily Mail
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Parents Hiring Security Guards to Walk Kids Home from School … | Mesa Home Security Service commented on Aug 19 09 at 3:06 amMistress_Scorpio commented on Aug 18 09 at 4:32 pmIf it got to that point… I’d be looking to relocate.
PlumbLucky commented on Aug 19 09 at 9:43 amPart of me agrees that the risks need to be addressed by the local police (if things are that bad); but really, when it comes to my family’s safety, I’m not so sure I’m going to wait for public services to creak into action either. Thought: are the private security guards also making sure that they actually GO home? I say this as a former hellion myself….that’s all.
Carrie M. commented on Jan 12 10 at 12:25 pmLol..I bet those girls are pissed.Ruins their plans to be followed by security guards who work for their parents.
Canuckmom commented on Sep 15 11 at 3:36 pmYeah, I think the parents just TELL the girls it’s for their safety, when in reality it’s more helicopter-ing.
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