Assault on a teacher

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by widepants

I could take offence at the above texts.
Im a part time single working dad , and from this week I will probably be taking over the parenting full time.My lad is disabled and it looks like I may have to give up work and claim benifits.Is that wrong when the other option is for my kids to go into care.NOT all single parents should be put in the same "scrounging bracket"

I don't really see how, I may have mentioned a scenario similar to your circumstances, but did you have kids solely so you didn't have to work?did you hope the worst for your kid so you could earn extra to spend on drugs,fags and booze while your child goes with out?
Unless the answers are yes, you really shouldn't take offence as you've misconstrued my sentiments. I dislike selfish scum, not all people that collect benefits - if that was the case I'd hate pretty much everyone as most people take advantage of the UKs benefit system at some point in their lives

[widepants]

.I said "could" and not "did" and never saw myself ending up like this ,its just easy to point at single parents and blame them.
Even the papers are now saying "single mothers" will now have to look for work when their child get to 5 instead of 7.Not all single parents are women.
And no mate you did not say I put myself here for my own financial gain,so no offence taken

I doubt your misses school is an isolated case(s). The whole thing is BS, someone attacks you on the street and you put them on thier ass thats self defence, a pupil attacks a teacher and if the teacher puts the pupil down he/she loses thier career.
I'd sign any petition that equalled it out a bit.

I dont see it as the fault of single parents either, just as many nobs come from 2 parents households as come from single parent ones. All kids are going to test the water to see what they can/cant get away with and if no one is telling them "No" then it just goes further and further. The main problem now is that you've got the scrotes who were the first of these disrespectful generations are now parents themselves so its a no longer a single generation ruined, to correct it there needs to be something extreme take place. Personally I vote genocide.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by widepants

.I said "could" and not "did" and never saw myself ending up like this ,its just easy to point at single parents and blame them.
Even the papers are now saying "single mothers" will now have to look for work when their child get to 5 instead of 7.Not all single parents are women.
And no mate you did not say I put myself here for my own financial gain,so no offence taken

Good
My point had nothing to do with single parents necessarily (the woman in the example had at least one partner) , there are a lot of scummy, self absorbed, parents who simply don't give a toss about their kids, the kids then grow up in trouble without a hope and with no job prospects follow the same route their parents took and the cycle continues.
THere were parents who point blank refused to collect their kids from school when they were ill (no concern) because "argos are delivering" or "I've got a wash on". This school decided to take the kids swimming once a week purely so they could ensure they at least got one shower

THat's why kids are such little ****s and why teachers actually have to worry about assault

Originally Posted by Owenski

just as many nobs come from 2 parents households as come from single parent ones.

Depends how you define a Nob, anyone can be a nob, but if you mean a problem child, (now this may upset a lot of people, especially divorcees with children, so sorry guys), then I don't think this is true.

The 'majority' of kids at my wife's school come from broken homes, a lot higher than the national average.

I come from a broken home myself and I'm only really starting to realise now at 36, just how much of a negative impact that had on myself and my sister.

Now, before anyone starts flaming me, this is an observation, not a generalisation, and there is a big difference between the illustration of the single mother above popping out kids from different fathers after a one night stand, and the stable family with two loving parents, who married and had kids with all the best of intentions then it went wrong several years later. In the latter circumstance, sometimes people staying together would actually be a much unhappier and more destructive environment for the child than to separate.

You don't always choose what life throws at you, and I don't take for granted that I will be with my wife forever, because change happens whether you like it or not, and if you live your life thinking that it can never change, you are setting yourself up for a big fall. For instance any one of you reading this could topple off your bike tomorrow, fall badly, damage your spinal chord, and find yourself in a wheelchair - you never thought that would happen, but it does anyway! (enjoy the best you have in life today)

Still, I firmly believe that two parents in a stable loving home environment, is a better environment for a child to grow up in, and whilst those two parents can f**k it up and produce a problem child, I would say there are more problem children from broken homes than stable ones.

[widepants]

it is real difficult when children share two homes ,if both parents have differing views on parenting.In that situaton all you can do is the best that you can in the time avaliable.
My misses is a college lectuerer and while some parents really try to get involved ,so just dont give a ****