Durham Giant wrote:I love your concern for the future of our children particularly those from underprivileged backgrounds.
Maybe you could support policies that ensure that they get fed such as free schools meals something which the Tories have reluctantly had to be dragged into.
Maybe you could support policies which provide affordable housing so that thousands of children are not homeless and living in hostels or a whole family in a room.
Maybe you could support policies that all children should be given access to a laptop which was promised by Boris at the start of the crisis but was dropped so that more money could be given to his friends in the private sector to squirrel away by pretending to set up a track and trace system or provide poop PPE.
Maybe you could support policies which have not cut Educational psychology and support for children with special needs to the bone.
You use this arguement about helping children staying in school yet you seem happy to deny them the basics of life such as food and shelter.
You should read Maslows hierarchy of need. You cannot learn if you are hungry , you cannot learn if you are scared about whether you will have a roof over your head
Your arguements about schooling are nothing but straw men. You don’t care about the children as much as you care about supporting government propaganda
Let's have a look at some of these:
1. Perhaps if parents took some responsibility and prioritised feeding their kids rather than constantly berating the state - plenty of low income families manage to feed their kids - its about doing the right thing first. Free school meals should be a last resort but should be available all year round.
2.We live in a very densely populated country so building affordable housing is a challenge especially in the cities where it is needed so kids are close to schools/infrastructure etc - where in London do you suggest they build - Regents Park, Green Park - deny the public these green spaces?
3.Leeds council are sat on about 1,500 laptops that never got distributed - perhaps the government did their bit but the local councils haven't done theirs?
4. Agreed
Maslow really applies to the adults - he doesn't mention hungry children - plenty of kids learn perfectly well from poor backgrounds it about parental input - you encourage your kids to embrace education and they will - if you don't see any value in it neither will your kids.
The state can only do so much - as adults we have to take some responsibility for our own actions - if we have done everything possible and still need state help that is what it is there for a last resort not the first option.
