Terrible ParentingMy parents used to lock my brother, sister and I in the car while they went to the pub for a "quick one" after work. This quick one might last several hours, during which they would send bottles of Indian Tonic Water to us by way of refreshment.
On one particularly cold evening, bored stupid, we lit a small bonfire on the back seat of the car using the cigarette lighter and the contents of the glove box. We owe our lives to passing winos. (BTW: Please no more Maddie or Jesus gags, they've been done.)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 9:47)
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my friend zarais a health visitor in tameside, and she sees some pretty grim things. most of it is ignorance, not violence, thank god, but the sheer mind blowing stupidity of these people makes me wonder how they ever worked out how to have sex in the first place.
take this example - the family had got a £2,000 grant from stockport council (yes, ihaverunoutofcoke, THAT is where your taxes go) for new carpets. when zara got there for her next inspection, the baby was still crawling around bare, dusty floorboards with nails sticking up.
but it was ok. she was crawling towards their shiny new 40" plasma tv.
and there was another woman who was given a grant for a £3,000 new kitchen. she spent the ENTIRE LOT on taking her kids to blackpool and on designer clothes for the baby. zara nearly cried when she saw that this woman had spent £300 on a suit that the baby would no longer fit into in a month. she obviously meant well, but jesus.
surely there's got to be some kind of argument for chemically castrating those with an IQ below 70?!?!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 20 Aug 2007, 15:03,
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