[Oliver_W]

Hmm. On the surface it's a stupid thing to say, but I'm gonna try to rationalise it anyway.
I work in a school, and relations with parents are important because if a parent doesn't like an adult who's looking after their kid, they won't be happy.
I always knew that, but it was as an "abstract", if that makes sense, there was nothing attached to it. But then one time I took my nephew to Beavers, and I realised I had gone to school with one of the leaders. I did not like him, and I didn't like the thought of him looking after my nephew.
I wasn't accusing him of anything, I don't think he'd hurt him in any way, just part of my mind was like NO.
My point is, sure, you don't need to have children to really understand child abuse, but it does add another "layer" to it.