Am I the only person who thinks parents should feed their kids outside of school?

[HalloweenDoughnutAnyone]

Obviously it goes without saying I don't want any child to go hungry. But. Am I the only person who thinks parents should feed their kids outside of school?

Just that really.. it's free school dinners. Not free lunch all year round.

I don't understand why people think the tax payer should be paying even more? Maybe, if you can't afford to cover the basics (food and clothing) you should think twice before having a child?

Or should we extend free school dinners, to cover all the food a child needs inside and outside of school ?

I'm not tarring everyone with the same brush but I know people who rely on free school dinners. But have sky tv, expensive mobile contracts etc

@HalloweenDoughnutAnyone Maybe, if you can't afford to cover the basics (food and clothing) you should think twice before having a child?

Yeah, you’re right. Wow, thanks for being the voice of reason and working out what so many of us couldn’t. It’s almost like all of these parents on the bones of their arses with no work and no hope of work didn’t see the worldwide shutdown caused by a pandemic coming when they chose to have their kids 6, 8, 10 years ago- feckless wasters! And for that lack of foresight on the parents part it’s only right that we let their kids go hungry.

I think you're buying into a stereotype.

When we had kids, my other ha and I earned 100K between us. Well able to afford 2 children. I wanted more bit we didn't think we could afford it so we stopped at 2 kids.

Then discovered as they got older that they had significant special needs meaning that I can't get a job outside of the home because of the care they need.

I have to do working from home jobs that pay very little. Now those jobs look like I'm going to lose two thirds of my income.

People have been put in circumstances that they never, ever expected to be in.

We don't have luxuries. We don't have Sky, holidays, smoke, drink etc

@CherryCocktails

I've never been a labour voter period. I'm for free school meals, 100% so I don't see your issue?

No you’re not, because they don’t get to the root cause. Whatever that is.

@CherryCocktails

I'm classed as poor. 🤦🏼‍♀️ If someone was giving me something free I wouldn't be moaning about bus fair!

Yes poor people - doff your cap and bow and scrape to the same government that probably made you poor, and thank them for a voucher which could well cost as much in transport to redeem as its face value.

I live rurally. Nearest Asda is 8 miles away in the nearest town. Can guarantee that the majority of that voucher value would be gone if I had to take my two kids on the bus there and back to redeem it.

'' I'm not tarring everyone with the same brush but I know people who rely on free school dinners. But have sky tv, expensive mobile contracts etc''

And which part of that is the child's fault? Regardless of how responsible the parent is with money it's still the child who suffers

I feed children in receipt of fsm everyday. But you judge how you need to @pumperthepumper. Sorry I wasn't a tory voter as you thought.. now stop.

YANBU OP see people taking advantage alot through work

@CherryCocktails

I feed children in receipt of fsm everyday. But you judge how you need to *@pumperthepumper*. Sorry I wasn't a tory voter as you thought.. now stop.

And yet you think their families can afford bus fares to cafes?

You must feed very different fsm children than I'm involved with because there is no way families here could afford bus fares every single day.

And many of them don't have the cooking facilities to deal with the 'Hello fresh' type boxes described earlier in the thread.

@CherryCocktails

I feed children in receipt of fsm everyday. But you judge how you need to *@pumperthepumper*. Sorry I wasn't a tory voter as you thought.. now stop.

Stop what? I’m still waiting for that root cause you promised, that’s a much better solution to free schools meals, that isn’t a voucher system which already exists. Not to mention your magical way of summoning a bus fare for the ungrateful poor.

@snowballer so what would help? Obviously the supermarket is a fair distance so what would help you during the holidays with feeding the kids?

[quote CherryCocktails]@snowballer so what would help? Obviously the supermarket is a fair distance so what would help you during the holidays with feeding the kids?[/quote]
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No idea how people who get free meals can smoke and have sky TV I work with the unemployed and have to work through their finances alot of people full on take the piss. I dont even have sky tv and my contract phones £15pm and mine never had free meals.

@AibuTellMe

YANBU OP see people taking advantage alot through work

Damn those hungry children taking advantage.

Feeding children, who through no fault of their own aren't being fed, from tax payers money is a much better use of it than it feeding the expenses bill for food for one politician who isn't on the poverty line and is as far from it as can be If it meant I'd have to pay a bit more in tax to ensure a child didn't go hungry I would.
Don't believe everything you read about sky tv and new phones as this is a very very small minority, most families I know in poverty put food in the table rather than sky on the tv.

@AibuTellMe

No idea how people who get free meals can smoke and have sky TV I work with the unemployed and have to work through their finances alot of people full on take the piss. I dont even have sky tv and my contract phones £15pm and mine never had free meals.

It’s the hungry kids I hate the most. Fuck them.

I lost my job and depleted my savings during lock down. Luckily I found a new one but found it difficult to make ends meet for a while. Honestly I'd pay more in tax to give all children safe secure upbringing. I hate dog eat dog mindset. Kids are so vulnerable.

@lyralalala what would help? I've worked all around my county in schools so don't define one area. The company I work for have stopped with the hampers we were doing during lockdown now but a colleague and I were thinking of setting up something of our own in the community to give hot meals as it's semi rural.

Your definitely being unreasonable, it is not a child’s fault who their parents are and being starved. Also there are thousands of hard working families who still can’t afford to feed their children through no fault of their own. So so many families have been hit even harder this year, again through no fault of their own. Think about people on zero contract hours who have no choice but to be on these contracts to work but have had zero hours of work during the last 8 months so no pay. Families who just about make ends meet on a full pay having their salaries cut because they are furloughed, having to feed children at home who would normally have feee school meals, even having kids at home is hard enough when you pay for school meals, mine didn’t stop eating during lockdown, our food shopping doubled with all of us home full time.

We’ve been very lucky in our area that we have some amazing community groups and schools who have been working tirelessly to help struggling families, but there are so many places in this country where people don’t get help.

Parents should feed their kids if they can. But we need to take care of the kids regardless.

@lyralalala what would help? I've worked all around my county in schools so don't define one area. The company I work for have stopped with the hampers we were doing during lockdown now but a colleague and I were thinking of setting up something of our own in the community to give hot meals as it's semi rural.

@ignoringequally they wouldn't be hungry if their parents dìdn't smoke/drink/spend shit loads on sky and an iphone. I could do all that and mine would be hungry but I wouldn't as I couldn't do that to my own kids so I budget.

STOP THE PRESS I HAVE THE SOLUTION.

I'm going to pit the dc against each other in a hunger games style game. Fight to the death. Then I only have 1 child I can't afford AND we can eat the loser.

Based on that ds2 needs to win as DS1 is pescetarian.

1. lots of children/teens can normally get food at play schemes and clubs. These facilities are probably shut.

2. a hungry child/teen is a very easy mark for exploitation.

@Pumperthepumper who would be doing these free meals through schools?

[quote CherryCocktails]@lyralalala what would help? I've worked all around my county in schools so don't define one area. The company I work for have stopped with the hampers we were doing during lockdown now but a colleague and I were thinking of setting up something of our own in the community to give hot meals as it's semi rural. [/quote]
FREE

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