The new McDonald's straws are crap. I'm not against them going no plastic, just the fact that the seemingly paper thin straws wither the second you do anything more than a gentle suck on it. Plenty of nightclubs in local city do a better job and they're also non plastic. Sort it out, please
People shouting at people who dare to suggest the straws are a nuisance, and should just put it in a glass instead, and being quite nasty (have seen comments) should be quiet.
I don't believe that every person who commits a crime should be ostracised. I also think one of the best ways to support victims is to ensure offenders get proper support and housing, training etc, so as to reduce reoffending and therefore reduce the amount of victims
I think that once a man has been abusive to his partner (or indeed the other way around) they should only have extremely supervised contact with children. I don't care your excuses. Any person who can lose control of themselves in that manner cannot be trusted. After all children can be infuriating sometimes and who's to say they won't hit a tantrumming toddler? Courts are way too lenient and have taken 'fathers rights' too bloody far. Through volunteering I've heard cases where a partner routinely showed a child images of animals being abused, and is still allowed court ordered unsupervised contact with said child. They were still showing the images and mum was forced to send them. Alsk heard cases where mum's have been made to take children into prisons to visit dads. Disgusting I think.
On that note - prison is no place for a child.
Dumping tour child at the checkout or leaving them wandering the store while you try on boots or buy milk is irresponsible and bloody upsetting for your child.
People who make a fuss over breast vs formula are idiots. What business is it of yours how someone else feeds her baby? Mind your own boobs.
I wish the media would stop running stories like 'my DWP work coach persecuted me' and the like. First off you never hear the full story and secondly I wonder where the 'us and them' attitude comes from?
Childcare is necessary and certainly does no harm to small children, however nursery for its own sake has no actual benefit to the child until around 18mlnths. If you need to work, or just want one day a week off to eat chocolate buttons and watch Jeremy Kyle, good for you! But don't smugly tell other mums that you're doing it so that little Arabella, who is 7mnths, can develop her social skills.
The ministers who make the idiotic rules and rates on benefits should first be made to live for 6months on that amount of money, while dealing with the unpredictably of the benefit.
I don't think it's entirely unreasonable that the DWP expects parents to look for work once the child turns 3.
I also think that SAH is a valid choice and sometimes a financially better one, however it is not ok to expect the benefit system to allow you to be a SAH parent
Care workers should get paid much more than they currently do.
Out here in the real word moat people would be overjoyed to earn 30k per year and could live more than comfortably on it.
Wales is not just a small forgotten about country and should receive much more funding. There's huge pockets of deprivation and socio economic issues such as unemployment, substance misuse, crime, low attainment and these areas need funding. The people who live there are not bad or stupid , they just need a bit of a chance
Teenagers should be encouraged at 18 to take a few years and work before deciding to go to uni. I went straight from school as was the done thing and wish I'd chosen a different subject
Fat shaming is not going to encourage people to lose weight.
It actually is worse, health wise at least, to be too underweight rather than overweight. Fat might kill you 20yrs on with diabetes and heart failure. Being significantly underweight reduces your blood circulation, causes you pain just to lie down in bed, puts pressure on your internal organs and creates vitamin deficiencies.
It is not ok to normalise weight at either end of the spectrum. Extreme skinnyness as seen on models is not a healthy ideal for young girls. Nor is extreme overweight something to be celebrated. Both are seriously harmful.
Discussing calories and weight with your child is never a good idea. Make the food healthier and encourage exercise by all means but telling your child they're overweight will just lead to confidence issues.
Bullying is the fault of the bully and not the victim. So no you shouldn't encourage your child to lose weight to stop bullying. You should go up the school, speak to the head, and stop the bullying