We need to rise up about the lack of education for our children

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Please do this. Please join the Twitter movement #usforthem
Please write to your MPs
Please talk about this.

Our children are missing out on their fundamental human right of an education.

The children of regular families are suffering (all 5 of mine are suffering desperately), but those in vulnerable families are suffering even further. The gap between these children will be HUGE

I am a teacher and a mother. I am ready to go back to work full time and with the 'old normal'. I am also type 1 diabetic.

Please help us rise up to get our children educated. Our children have been totally forgotten about. Throughout my career I've had it rammed down my throat about how school is a safe place for so many children. They don't care about these children now.

I am amazed so many people have just accepted this. It has gone on for too long now.

Unless kids are in exam years I honestly don’t think they’re missing anything that will change their lives.

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Today 19:18 Saladmakesmesad

Unless kids are in exam years I honestly don’t think they’re missing anything that will change their lives**

Apart from friends, play, sports, routines, meals, fun, learning, discipline,, happiness, physical and mental health, socialisation ...

What a ridiculous comment.

@Mascotte I know it's just a theory, but I'm really hoping there's some truth in it. As the government tells us so little in general, our brains are working overtime with theories. I find it morbidly fascinating and extremely frustrating observing the government's strategy in what they're telling us, and when they're telling us. Humphrey Appleby of Yes Minister would be proud of the "rigid and impenetrable secrecy".

@wanderings 😂 In this instance I like the Machiavellian Humphrey theory

Apart from friends, play, sports, routines, meals, fun, learning, discipline,, happiness, physical and mental health, socialisation

Most kids get most of that at home. It’s sad that a minority don’t. It’s weird to me that schools are SO central to some families that they’re petrified at their kids being out of school for a bit. And I say that as someone whose kids love school.

That's just so smug and stupid @Salad

I'm a single parent. I have a twelve year old boy. He's great, but htaf is he supposed to get all those things from me? It's not normal or right.

He tells me he feels dead inside. He's normally a well adjusted boy and we have a nice life. But months shut up with your mother With no sport, friends, education, and activities is just not right, and if you can't see that there's something far wrong with you.

And no, I don't need my child to be in for childcare 🙄

The nature of my work and his age makes that possible.

@Saladmakesmesad if the only friends, social interaction and fun my child needed and wanted would be his parents and sibling, I would be extremely concerned for my child. And I‘m saying this as an extreme introvert...

@Mascotte I’m in exactly your situation and I completely agree with your post

Get a social bubble going for your child. This is not rocket science.

I’m not smug I just find it odd. At least 60K children in the U.K. are home educated anyway and probably way more than that as registration is voluntary. I know they often go to groups and things but even so, there clearly is another way besides group education. I’m not saying kids don’t want or need anything outside the home, just that for most a spell not in school is not going to make that much difference, and certainly not in a life changing way.

@StephThePragmatist - the voice of unreason.

@StephThePragmatist 2. Certain members of the overwhelmingly Marxist teaching profession are using this as a political weapon, as are the marxist dominated teaching union

Gosh some posters on other threads claim we are all middle class we no links to the pupils we teach.

Where is your evidence that we are an overwhelmingly Marxist profession?

IMHO you sound rather extreme. Maybe a Prevent alert is needed?

overwhelmingly Marxist teaching profession

Hahaha

@ohthegoats I have no family with DCs nor friends with DCs his age. He need his friends

Also... I'm in Scotland so no bubbles anyway!!

The reality is that the kids who actually need the support right now dont have parents on mumsnet. The vast majority of children will be ok during this and if they are struggling will bounce back.

If there not is exam years they probably wont actually lose out academically either, even if they're not doing a great deal of home learning.

It's the ones who dont have parents on here complaining that I really worry for.

Marxist??? Jesus wept

@Saladmakesmesad I know lots of homeschooled chikdren but I don't know any whose parents try to combine homeschooling with both working full time. One parent always is a SAHP or has only s very part time job.

Plus all the social elements like sports teams etc are largely not available yet either.

salad I really struggle to understand how you could genuinely believe that. This is not a "spell out of school" it is months and months of children being stuck at home with hardly any opportunities for any social interaction with their peers. (although I accept this is now possible to a limited degree) I home educated my children for 3 years. Very successfully. That was absolutely NOTHING like this situation. At that time I did not work, now both DH and I are working full time, out of the home and have been throughout this, as is the situation for many, many families. When I was home educating we were part of a very active local group and met regularly for all sorts of activities including play, science workshops, groups led by rangers at nature reserves, drama groups, art classes, football, swimming, ice skating etc.... None of that is currently possible.
The effect of this on children's wellbeing and mental health will be massive. And obviously it will all be so, so much worse for the thousands of vulnerable and disadvantaged children, those at risk of neglect or abuse, those living in poverty, those whose parents have their own mental health difficulties etc...

@ohthegoats

Get a social bubble going for your child. This is not rocket science.

You can only (properly) bubble with a single person household. Not sure I know many 8 year olds living independently but I'll keep it in mind, thanks