Let’s put it this way: if there are kids playing in the yard at school and one engages in conversation with a passing male stranger should the supervising teacher encourage the child, turn a blind eye or tell the child to stop and come away from the man? What would you do if you were the teacher in charge?
I didn't notice a supervising teacher, so there might have been one, or not. I actually find the notion of children being 'supervised' at playtime rather odd, and in truth, somewhat creepy.
Here's another true event. Two of his friends from the village that our grandson met a couple of weeks ago came down to play with him and his younger brother. We have a trampoline, with a safety net enclosing it. I was going out for a walk with my dog Gonçalo. The village friends appear to be Portuguese. While the children frolicked on the trampoline, they chatted to each other in very animated Portuguese, and I couldn't understand a word. It was much too fast for me.
When I got back from my walk, it was fast getting dark. Our grandchildren's father told his kids it was time for the pair to come in, and it was time for their two friends to go home. The Portuguese lads came racing up behind me to get their bicycles to go home. I told them, in English, it was OK to leave our security gate open, because I would shut it. One of the children told me in very polite, fluent English, that I need not worry, then he shut the gate and went home.
Perhaps I should have abandoned my dog walk to 'supervise' the children on the trampoline, as their parents were not in sight? Perhaps I should not have talked to two well-educated children, who's names I do not know?
What does it take to be normal in darkest Derbyshire? Don't you people feel an obligation to look after your children?