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WillowTheWhisp · 07-02-2007, 07:39

A friend who saw this program was telling me about it and as she described the squalor and the lives of those children I felt so sorry for them. I didn't see it myself and all I know about it is what others have told me but the fact that an 8 year old tried to commit suicide because she couldn't cope is enough to indicate that something is very, very wrong.

I'm apalled Mancie that you seem to be defending the selfish attitude of these parents in having children to act as servants and carers. Leaving babies without having their nappies changed, leaving them uncleaned and unfed unless an older child feeds them (which cannot happen when the older child is at school), doing nothing when a child falls and is injured ........ it amounts to neglect.

Those children will not look after the parents when they get old. They'll be off like a shot as soon as they can and who could blame them?

I do not think parents, able-bodied or disabled, who cannot or will not look after their children should be allowed to keep them and keep producing more. It's not a case of the parents' human rights and equal opportunities, it's about the lives of the poor innocent kids.

07-02-2007, 07:39	#32
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Re: Aged 12 And Looking After the Family A friend who saw this program was telling me about it and as she described the squalor and the lives of those children I felt so sorry for them. I didn't see it myself and all I know about it is what others have told me but the fact that an 8 year old tried to commit suicide because she couldn't cope is enough to indicate that something is very, very wrong. I'm apalled Mancie that you seem to be defending the selfish attitude of these parents in having children to act as servants and carers. Leaving babies without having their nappies changed, leaving them uncleaned and unfed unless an older child feeds them (which cannot happen when the older child is at school), doing nothing when a child falls and is injured ........ it amounts to neglect. Those children will not look after the parents when they get old. They'll be off like a shot as soon as they can and who could blame them? I do not think parents, able-bodied or disabled, who cannot or will not look after their children should be allowed to keep them and keep producing more. It's not a case of the parents' human rights and equal opportunities, it's about the lives of the poor innocent kids. __________________