Kate launches new campaign about importance of early childhood?

[AllOutofEverything]

I have been reading about how Kate is launching a new awareness raising campaign about the importance of early childhood.
I had thought she launched this years ago and since then we have had the survey with the 5 big questions, her visits to nurseries, and her meetings with Early Years experts. I can't see how this is any different from what was announced in the past?

I work for an organisation that helps young people years down the line from Kate’s target age group, so have a big interest in this - it’s harder to get through to the teenagers than the little kids. But honestly I’m sick of ‘raising awareness’ - like the mental health initiatives that raise awareness but then people get stuck in an 18mo waiting list for basic counselling.

I feel like this campaign is potentially adding more pressure on to parents, teachers, health providers who are already wrung out. Speaking to teacher relatives, they feel like they’re letting the kids down as it is because they’re overwhelmed. The initiative needs to involve a massive funding injection that will bring in more resources to have any kind of effect, but the communications have been really wooly. It sounds to me like a very privileged woman saying ‘gosh, isn’t it a shame about these children’

Sorry? I don't understand

You are a supporter so you go with whatever she stated, it doesn't mean the courtiers felt that way about it in the slightest.

One person's fresh breeze may be another person's flatulence.

Strange to say that I personally could not cope with her as a force, which I said. Not her.

Let's leave it there, this thread isn't about me coping with her! It's about Kate and her early childhood initiative.

It sounds to me like a very privileged woman saying ‘gosh, isn’t it a shame about these children

this couldn’t have come at a worse time really.
the U.K. is so broken at the moment

and I see lots of people even those who are Pro RF complain about the vagueness of it.
people have mentioned KC with the fridges and freezers, I think this is the sort of action people expect? Something tangible , a quick solution
not someone going to food bank to raise awareness for example,

I saw her video with the reception age children, she really good , seemed very engaged and knows what she’s doing , very natural with the children too.

but all and all It really felt like The mountain that laboured and brought forth a mouse Moment!

The Princess of Wales is very naive and out of touch with reality - my school is closing isn’t ‘Nurture’ base - apparently there’s no money to fund such things as these and Sure Starts - but I suppose it scratches an itch for Kate and is good pr 🙄👍🏿☘️

One of the charities Kate first visited in 2012 and that she was Patron of, closed down due to lack of funding. Which does raise the issue of what is the point of their patronage?

I do want to link this again. It is worth a read. A massive research project over years with a database with 3million entries about Royal Patronages and their worth ... or non-worth as the case may be.

giving-evidence.com/2020/07/16/royal-findings/

I'm starting to understand why Kate overreacted to the baby brains comment. She's so insecure, because she's never tried to achieve anything other than marry a Prince. Everything in her life has revolved around that.

Her patronage(s?) failed because she simply didn't try hard enough to support them. And this rehashed blah blah campaign is going to fail too because she hasn't put any thought into it at all, other than vaguely "raising awareness" that we should care about children.

I'm starting to understand why Kate overreacted to the baby brains comment. She's so insecure, because she's never tried to achieve anything other than marry a Prince. Everything in her life has revolved around that.

Please let’s not act as if though Meghan was spending 14 hours a day in a lab researching cures for Dementia ,

they both had excellent education , and did nothing substantial with it, Kate worked for few months at jigsaw then with her parents business ,
Meghan was on deal or no deal , then a supporting role in second rate show.

id be very upset if someone who achieved very little in life said the same thing to me.

I was going to say that’s nice but then read the posts. On this topic people seem to have gone a bit deeper with dislikes

then a supporting role in second rate show.

Yeah... small fry that supporting role. It only made her $3million. Load of rubbish wasn't it....

MarshaBrady It is actually nice , she is really good with children and if she just focused on frequent school visits , short videos etc , I think it would have gone down way better , with Parents and professionals alike.

Roussette

I believe that’s total of her earnings in 7 years,
we make half of that P.a

Yeah... small fry that supporting role. It only made her $3million. Load of rubbish wasn't it....

If she really only made $30k per episode, then you're right, it isn't great.

@queenofarles I think actors will disagree with you on that. Acting is not an insubstantial career. They all start somewhere small (Brad Pitt was dressed as a chicken!) – it shows a career starting and progressing using, you know, actual skills. She only had to give it up because of the RF and the press. She also had a lot of work experience before she met Harry too.

Thanks for this, I have never seen it before.

She was already being written out of Suits before she met Harry as the main character Mike (she was his love interest) was leaving the show.

I believe she asked the "Wendy" show for a role as a model or fashion advisor in their fashion segment. They were seriously considering her for it when the news broke about her relationship with Harry.

Most actors do not earn enough to make a living never mind a decent living. Meghan achieved that. I have no idea who so many want to paint her as a failure.

crapcrapcrapcrapcrap name me one other thing she started in? I will wait…
Meghan was in her late 30, and did nothing other than Suits, by Hollywood cruel standards that’s quite the end of most carers .
compared to Margot Robbie who did wolf of Wall Street in her early 20s for example , or Keira knightly who wasn’t yet 20 when she was in the first Pirates of the Caribbean .

it’s a cruel profession ,

Meghan was not an A lister, very few actors are. That does not maker her failure. She made a good living.

How Much Does an Actor Make? Actors made a median salary of $46,960 in 2021. The best-paid 25% made $60,000 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $30,040.

If she made $30k an episode she was doing very well amongst actors in the US.

'She only had to give it up because of the RF and the press'

No - the Queen wanted to give Harry and Meghan the opportunity to start their marriage in the same way William and Kate did - out of the public eye and the media gaze - Meghan would have been able to continue acting if she wanted. She chose not to.

Anyway, nothing to stop her going back to acting now, is there?

We are not disputing that, she made a living , but when you break it down and see the earnings yearly , monthly , it’s really no better than most non acting careers , people just see the 3M number and think wow! She’s loaded , she’s not.
also if things went differently and suit ended with no offers coming her way , she might have gone down the reality shows route or focused on her blog which again is not big money.

The best-paid 25% made $60,000 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $30,040.

where did you get that from?

Elizabeth Miss , Kelly Cuoco each earn $1M per episode ,
Ellen Pompeo makes around $500k per episode,
Mayim Bialik who is a supporting
actress earn $400k per episode .

actors in top shows make a lot.