"Adults scared to go near kids"

Too bloody right! They're all armed to the teeth and have no respect for the law ... oh ... that's what they mean.

The highlight is this bit:
Beverley Hughes, minister for Children, Schools and Families, said it would become a criminal offence for a parent to let a child stay at their home on a foreign exchange visit without having a CRB check.

As "ChildLine founder Esther Rantzen said there were some examples of child protection legislation descending into "politically correct madness".