To think the cost of living crisis isn't really a "crisis" for most people?

[buzzheath]

Not meant to be inflammatory at all. I'm well aware of the hardships that some people and families will face. But for the majority of people in the UK, will it really be a "crisis"? Isn't around half of the population middle class?

simply just gonna have to go without

My son got put on detention for wearing navy blue socks instead of black. If he wears regular football socks instead of the branded ones he's not allowed to participate in the PE lesson and if it happens again then he's put on detention for not following the uniform policy.

I would go absolutely bat shit if that happened to my child. I am convinced there is a legal standpoint on this the parents can take. If isolation literally means isolation I’m pretty sure that’s against the human rights act.

Isolation is the isolation room where all the children who have broken the rules end up, so they're not actually isolated unless they're the only child to have broken the rules that day.

Making our children feel isolated and rejected causes the brain to respond the same way as it would if we were to physically hurt our child. The emotional pain is just as real, to the brain, as physical pain. Furthermore, time-out: Makes our child angrier.20 Oct 2016
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They would never try that with one of my children or they never hear the fucking end of it.
The absolute audacity of them.

The fuck? What school is he at, Sandhurst?

Oh my sons school gets better. He got 80 odd percent progress score for his last report.
76 percent is the average.
As DS1 is capable (this is their words) they believe he should have made better progress and before he's allowed to start year 9 they're insisting on a meeting with me and him there in full uniform to discuss how he can improve his progress in year 9.
They know I'm disabled and struggle to get up and down to the school (it wasn't our first choice) yet they still insist on meetings like this to tell an above average child he's not doing enough and won't be allowed to attend until weve had the meeting.
So I'll be giving them both barrels when I go. I'm furious that they think it acceptable to drag me up there when they should be focusing on the less able and deciding how they can make their teaching more accessible for all students.

I absolutely believe it will be a problem for a large percentage of the population.

We are rich by average standards. Mortgage-free and a high combined income. We should be fine. However, our energy bill is predicted to be £500 in October. Last October it was £70. How can that kind of rise be absorbed by everyone? It is definitely causing us to rethink our spending.

My sibling is a single parent with children who are passionate and talented in a hobby requiring a lot of driving. Their petrol bill was £400 last month and they are considering having to stop the hobby as a result.

What school is he at, Sandhurst?

A very struct Catholic school, but it may as well be Sandhurst.

Honestly I would not attend that meeting, and I would not allow that treatment of my child what fucking planet are they on ?

I'm very tempted not to go and keep him off school until they contact me asking where he is, then point out that they said he's not allowed in until wed had a meeting and considering there was no meeting...

@HerRoyalHappiness I appreciate you find it difficult getting to and fro the school, but I would have thought it's a good thing that his school is so invested in his progress, and so encouraging? Your son is clearly incredibly bright. Having teachers that believe in him and are willing to go the extra mile to see him succeed is pretty great.

Christ, schools shouldn't be getting away with such nonsense. How absolutely insensitive and ignorant!

@buzzheath honestly it doesn't come across that they're invested in his future. It comes across as yet another way to control him and insist he conforms to their unreasonable standards. I've talked to him about changing his school but he's made friends and suffers anxiety so doesn't want to change school and leave his friends behind and have to start again in a new school.

And this sort of “I’m alright Jack” mentality is how we end up consigning millions to poverty. It makes my stomach turn to be honest.

It beggars belief

I suppose time will tell. Hopefully things will not be as bad as the predictions.

I agree OP. We are having to be a little more careful, but nowhere near "crisis" point. I worry that people genuinely at breaking point won't get the recognition/help they need because they are being masked by people who having to watch the pennies, but aren't in dire need.

@sophiasnail Yeah, exactly. I really don't understand why so many people on this thread seem to think that saying anything less than "this crisis is going to be a CRISIS for EVERYONE" is somehow downplaying it, or "tone deaf".

I won’t personally suffer although it will give me less to spend on other things
elderly DM will manage (just) and if not I’ll help her
DD and her DP will struggle - so I will have to help them
DS will have to delay moving out unless I help
DP (not living together) will struggle so again I will help
I work for a charity - we will be inundated
With all my extra help to the above I will have less to spare
I will have less to give to charity and others
The charity I work for will have income reduced as people can’t afford to donate
we wil be able to help less people despite being inundated

Not sure what you donating to charities has to do with this post? There are other types of threads but you chose to post on AIBU and then get annoyed that people are finding your question/statement unreasonable. Your assumption is that most of the Uk is middle class and won’t be effected, and I think without even realising it you are downplaying something that will very much be a crisis for a lot of people. You are clearly not in a position where this is going to be a crisis for you otherwise your primary concern wouldn’t be “how many people will actually be effected?”

Your title and OP ARE tone deaf and ill-informed. Even people who don't anticipate being in dire straits themselves think so. The fact that the first thing you said in the post was that you weren't trying to be inflammatory shows that you do know you're being provocative.

You've now had 12 pages of people explaining it to you. If you're not interested in listening to the answers to your question, why did you ask it?

My daughters school had just changed their uniform policy (stricter, change of logo, shirt, tie, blazer) due to problems with kids from other schools entering the grounds and damaging property. Then the inflation bomb hit. After I'd bought all the new kit, the school reversed it's policy changes. Every school is going to have to wind their necks in. Go in and roast the buggers. For Christians, they're not being very nice.

I think you are being very naive.

I know a couple of people now using food banks that never would have previously. Both work full time. One is a nurse.

@ReneBumsWombats Sure, but the answers are all very emotion-driven "ZOMG HOW DARE YOU". I was genuinely wondering for how many people this'll constitute a 'crisis'. Perhaps our definitions of crisis are different. To me, a crisis isn't having to cut back on things, adapt one's lifestyle a bit. It's poverty, severe financial difficulty, having to choose between heating/eating/feeding your kids - that sort of thing. I'm not sure that 50% of the population will experience that level of hardship. Do you disagree?