After a 5.5 year wait, ive been offered a council house. Ive been privately renting since the break down of my marriage, and me and my children have lived in 3 houses in that time, this will be our 4th. Im still single in all that time, dad not involved (his choice), im a full time student nurse, with a part time job, and solely financially responsible for 3 expensive, growing, teenage children.
I need a cooker, a washing machine, the place needs flooring as its crap atm, all 3 need beds, i also need a new bed, min is currently held up by plastic tubs, we will need curtains and the likes, a sofa too. Plus actual moving costs as i dont drive to even move some of it. All of this currently feels impossible as i just dont have the money for it.
Now, the AIBU. My 14 year olds school shoes split before the half term break, lord knows what she does to shoes, these were adidas leather trainer style ones, not cheapy ones, but beside the point. I sent her today in trainers, with a note explaining i have the above happening and whilst i understand shoes are important, they are less important right now than moving and getting essentials. School proceeded to phone me to ask when i could get shoes. Now forgive me if IABU, but, dont schools have an social care-esque obligation to ensure their students are looked after in a warm, suitable home? Wouldnt offering maybe some support, or even just some bloody empathy, be the priority, over a kid wearing black trainers for a while?