@cp.obe: 🚨 PARENTS, I NEED YOUR ATTENTION 🚨 I’ve worked with young people for years, and I’m telling parents: pay attention to how your children are presenting themselves. Balaclavas and certain all black streetwear combinations don’t automatically mean a young person is in a gang or carrying a knife. We cannot label every child because of their clothes. But in certain environments, covering the face and dressing in a way associated with street or gang culture can attract the wrong attention and cause your child to be perceived very differently from how you know them at home. So parents, ask questions. Why are you wearing the balaclava? Who are you with? Where are you going? What are you carrying? Who are you becoming influenced by? Summer is here and September is around the corner. Don’t wait until the police, school or another parent tells you something you should have spotted earlier. Know your children. Know their friends. Know where they are. Check in with them and have those uncomfortable conversations. Clothing alone isn’t proof of criminality, but sudden changes in behaviour, secrecy, unexplained money or possessions, carrying weapons, disappearing for long periods and changes in friendship groups can be warning signs worth taking seriously. Prevention starts before something happens. Parents, what are YOU doing to keep your child safe? Help me make it make sense. 👇🏾 Awareness Notice: This post is for safeguarding, education and conversation. It does not suggest that clothing alone means a young person is involved in crime. #ParentsAttention #Safeguarding #YouthViolence #KnowYourChild #OurCommunity

Chris Preddie OBE

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Wednesday 19 August 2026 12:24:45 GMT