Too little to live on .I just cant manage .

Blackpool_Saver

It helps if you don't drink and smoke, I don't do either.

You can get child support with absent parent not knowing your addy.

You can earn 20 without it affecting you benefits, that's an extra 40 per week.

krisskross

sh1305 wrote: »

TBF, you don't know their fill circumstances. Just because YOU can cope on that amount of monye; doesn't mean others can.

But surely you either live on what you have coming in or you find a way to increase your income? Really doesn't matter what your circumstances are.

jinky67

mandi wrote: »

Thanks for your replies .

Child support isn't an option i'm afraid ,
Mum, thank you , but Ive done my SOA so many times I know it from memory ( spent to long in MSE ) All the cuts that can be made I have taken .

I Know what your saying Kim , but the arrears are quite an amount .
I pay off one bill and another arrives " sighs .

I know you say that, BUT over on the DFW board they are full of ways to cut back......you may just be overlooking something;)

Go and post your SOA over there, see what they come up with

April84

kendalls_cave wrote: »

but some people can manage on £100 and some can't. Just cos you can/could doesn't mean other can/should

:rotfl:

So how exactly should the benefits system work then??

Instead of the current system where theres a set rate for everyone, increasing accordingly on the number of dependents,
should some people have to live on just £50 per week, others have to live on only £64 per week,
the people with a dependent in the household should get £100 per week benefits,
but then the people who struggle to budget that £100 for their bills, well they should get given some free extra money from the council each week to reward their inability and incompetence to do and live on what everyone else is forced to..?? :rotfl::rolleyes:

April84

alwaysonthego wrote: »

According to the UNCRC, an individual is classed as a child until they reach the age of 18.

Please can this be kept on topic!

According to the law of of England a person is legally able to start consenting to sex at 16,
as well as able to live alone and to work.

Therefore they are no longer considered to be a ''child'' after 16, as they are legally adults as can consent to sex.

DX2

Did our resident troll manage to get back in ^^^ bootybabe aka misssexybum sure there is a few more that I forget.

April84

DX2 wrote: »

Did our resident troll manage to get back in ^^^ bootybabe aka misssexybum sure there is a few more that I forget.

I know of the poster that you mention, as i saw some of their posts.
However im not sure why you are trying to say that i am them, as i was a member of this site long before them.

So why dont you stop trolling these forums on your silly witch-hunts, as im sure you have got something better to do with your evening.

Morgan_Ree

April84 wrote: »

According to the law of of England a person is legally able to start consenting to sex at 16,
as well as able to live alone and to work.

Therefore they are no longer considered to be a ''child'' after 16, as they are legally adults as can consent to sex.

God you're an idiot

In the 'eyes of the law' a child is up to the age of 18

In you're using the old 'you can have sex at 16 therefore you're an adult' row then what about a 16 year old with say a learning disabilty who isn't able to give informed consent?

I guess that makes them a child still eh but all the other 16 year olds are adults :rolleyes:

Loopy_Girl

April84 wrote: »

According to the law of of England a person is legally able to start consenting to sex at 16,
as well as able to live alone and to work.

Therefore they are no longer considered to be a ''child'' after 16, as they are legally adults as can consent to sex.

You are incorrect. In England and Wales, young adults are considered to be minors until they are 18. That's why they can't get married or join the forces from age 16-18 unless they have parental consent.

The fact they can have sex is irrelevant as that is the age of consent and not the age that child protection laws would cover them to.

In Scotland (hence why so many young couples elope to Gretna Green) you are considered an adult at 16

scootw1

Hi OP, just wondering whether your child could get a paper round or something to chip in a little bit. I know I was working from age 14 and carried on through college to save my mum paying out for bus fare.