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

The only downside to that is I'm not sure i would be a good fraudster
You wouldn't make a good government employee as you are far too sensible and solved your voucher dilemma logically.

@VioletCharlotte

One thing the government could do to help enable people to feed their children properly is to sort out the totally ineffective CSA (or whatever they're now called). So many single parents in poverty because the non resident parent refuses pay maintenance.

Couldn't agree more!

It's not even only the hypocrisy of politicians eating on taxpayer subsidies but denying food to children It's the way people can seeminly compartmentalise into that being OK but those struggling for necessities mustn't possibly get anything which could be construed as a leg-up because striving hard work responsibility nobody ever gave me any handouts (although they almost certainly did, in one indirect way or another). If we (collectively) had wanted to stop the MPs' taxpayer subsidies, we could have done so, a long time ago. We (collectively) are not interested in that because we (collectively) appear to like/need someone to be able to look down on and like the idea that those who have, are given more.

You’re such an idiot. I bet you feel very smug with yourself

@ivfbeenbusy

I actually agree with you OP that it isn't the government's responsibility to feed people's children. That being said many people have lost their jobs/are unpaid at the moment due to covid lockdowns etc. These are unique economic times so some support should be available and it should have a time limit on it

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Maybe they could make schools open all year round and in the holidays just provide food.

This could give much needed funding to the schools instead of supermarkets and ensures that the money stays local.

Totally agree parents should be supported to feed their children. Also want to add in that there are a fuck tonne of very wealthy people in this country who could cover this scheme between themselves, in particular footballers.

Also want to add in that there are a fuck tonne of very wealthy people in this country who could cover this scheme between themselves, in particular footballers.

Or even just pay their taxes as opposed to using loopholes.

I definitely think those children who will be going hungry should sit their parents down and write out a budget and make sure those lazy feckless workshy aresholes stick to it.
Any child that won't do that for their family deserves to go to bed with an empty tummy 😒

Do you actually listen to the lyrics, @MrsBobDylan? How is what he sings about in any way compatible with a world view that thinks children should starve whilst politicians should have subsidised lunch?

Saying footballers should pay is such a pathetic twisting of the fantastic work Rashford is doing.

We are a society, and part of our responsibility as a society is to look after those less fortunate than ourselves. That includes children who don’t have enough to eat - regardless of how ‘deserving’ you think their parents are.

I guarantee I pay more tax than the OP, and I’m very happy for some of it to be put towards feeding starving kids.

@headstrong27 yes even that would be a ginormous leap forward for some of this country's wealthiest wankers.

This is an unforeseen, unprepared for, financial crisis. Why are our wealthy not trying to raise funds to help prop up the social care systems in this country?

I am waiting now for the patronising advert that tells me that people like me are struggling financially and that I must 'give what I can' before they jet off to their holiday home in St Tropez. Fuckers.

Taxpayers contribute £4m a year to subsidise the food in the House of Parliament. I know where I would rather that money went!

Tories gonna Tory.

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

Op, I think this is very ignorant. For a start circumstances change, you don't know and could never understand the full extent of anyone's financial circumstances.

Well there isn't a load of money sloshing around to cover the financial wreckage of Covid is there? Why shouldn't footballers and other wealthy people who aren't affected by the crisis not start with saying, I'll Chuck this into the pot if you also give some?

Plenty of people have fund raised for charitable causes so why should this be different?

Also, we as a family live on two-fifths of fuck all. I don't need lecturing about what government should provide thanks.

Local businesses are stepping in, but the fact that children have to rely on charity and goodwill to be fed is a horrible thought. But he, dependency and that

Marcus Rashford
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Yes parents should feed their kids.
But some don't.

So that's the bottom line basically. Shall we just let them starve?

**For me the bottom line is, whatever the patents choices and actions it's never the kids fault...so yes I'd want to make sure families have food packages in the holidays.

I think it really shows the success of the right wing media that people see poor families as the enemy stealing their taxes, when huge global companies like Amazon and Google are actually stealing millions from our services by paying barely any tax.

This... along with subsidising Houses of Parliament canteen, wasting millions on test and trace they’ve had to do a u turn on, the list goes on...

Sorry bold fail above, just agreeing with @NewtoHolland

Practically, what’s best place to donate?

Local food bank or is there a more targeted organisation for this? I can’t just sit back and criticise when I can donate...

I didn't mention footballers because of Marcus, I have a thing about how much they are paid generally and how our society venerates the wealthy as though the rest of us have not tried hard enough.

Just to be clear, I absolutely support what Marcus is trying to achieve and and think the government should have voted for this and they are corrupt, selfish shits.

The wealth gap is huge and there are extremely rich people who could stump up.

Actually there is tons of money sloshing around to pay for Covid. See the £12 BILLION paid for track & trace that doesn’t work. There’s so much fucking money sloshing around in private coffers that £3 billion of it is unaccounted for and subject to a legal challenge. Imagine having so much cash knocking about in your various mates’ pockets that you can lose £3 billion.

There’s plenty of money to pay for kids to eat - there just isn’t the political will. The tories would rather see children starve so they can appeal to the likes of the vile Sun-reading bitches on this thread, with their holier-than-thou, pull the ladder up, punch-down attitudes.

@CherryCocktails

Sorry did I answer wrong? Was I supposed to vote tory or something?

A scheme where cafes/restaurants/community centres can be subsidised for providing a hot meal to children during holidays is a start.

To get to the root, parents neglecting their children by starving them should be intervened. If a parent was hurting a child physically it would be investigated, no different with neglect. Investment in services to deal with these issues would be far more beneficial than just saying "here, have a voucher and get on with it."

Yes investment in social care and mental health services would be a wonderful thing. But, guess what?

These have been cut to a bear minimum by THIS GOVERNMENT, suicidal children can't even get mental health support ffs!

You appear to have no understanding of the fact that THIS GOVERNMENT leaves the vulnerable to flounder.

So a sticking plaster is better than nothing, no child should ever go hungry.

Yes they should. But sometimes they can't. And it's not unreasonable to expect the government to step up and help hungry kids. Especially when their constant cuts, policies and gross mismanagement of covid is what landed a lot of people in poverty anyway. It's not always about parents 'taking responsibility'.

HTH.

I think it really shows the success of the right wing media that people see poor families as the enemy stealing their taxes, when huge global companies like Amazon and Google are actually stealing millions from our services by paying barely any tax

This... along with subsidising Houses of Parliament canteen, wasting millions on test and trace they’ve had to do a u turn on, the list goes on

THIS!

As always the right wing media have got so many of you frothing at the mouth over the wrong thing. Every. Single. Fucking. Time.

And please don’t think your frothing goes unnoticed, as always it will be used to good effect. They throw you these juicy tidbits to get you all riled up, blaming the small guy and fighting with each other for a few days. Meanwhile in Parliament...