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Emergency Budget: tax credit cuts for millions
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krisskross wrote: »What on earth is not good enough about a sandwich and a piece of fruit for a child's lunch? Mine all had breakfast before leaving for the walk to school and a cooked meal in the evening. Never any crisps or fizzy drinks except at Christmas and on birthdays. Sweets (which included KitKat etc) were a once a week treat on Dad's payday. Money was extremely tight in our house but the children always got fed properly. Perfectly adequate diet and obese children were almost unheard of.
Where did she suggest that she gives them fizzy drinks or crisps?
I'm not sure every day opening a lunchbox to find "two pieces of bread with a filling and an apple", is what a lot of people consider a "healthy and varied" diet.
How about some nice heathly seeded bread, or wraps, maybe something really exotic like Pitta? Perhaps some houmous, grapes, raisens, maybe as a treat some strawberries and natural yoghurt. Nowt wrong with two pieces of bread with filling and an apple on some of the days though.
:rotfl:All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.0 -
Deepmistrust wrote: »Where did she suggest that she gives them fizzy drinks or crisps?
I'm not sure every day opening a lunchbox to find "two pieces of bread with a filling and an apple", is what a lot of people consider a "healthy and varied" diet.
How about some nice heathly seeded bread, or wraps, maybe something really exotic like Pitta? Perhaps some houmous, grapes, raisens, maybe as a treat some strawberries and natural yoghurt. Nowt wrong with two pieces of bread with filling and an apple on some of the days though. :rotfl:
I used to spend hours on a Sunday baking lots of different nice stuff for the week. My daughters used to swap it for their friends boring sarnies! I don`t bother with my 4th daughter.0 -
space_rider wrote: »I used to spend hours on a Sunday baking lots of different nice stuff for the week. My daughters used to swap it for their friends boring sarnies! I don`t bother with my 4th daughter.
Yep, there are some kids who just won't do variety.
(what did you bake?)
But those that will, (and even those that won't) should still be encouraged to try everything.All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.0 -
Deepmistrust wrote: »Yep, there are some kids who just won't do variety.
(what did you bake?)
But those that will, (and even those that won't) should still be encouraged to try everything.
Its years now, but I used to make chocolate biscuits, wholemeal apple muffins, muffins with pineapple, potatoey things that they could eat cold like spanish omlette. I also used to give them pitta bread and went to great trouble to make sarnies in nice shapes. I also used to make nice soups for them to have when they came home from school while they waited for dinner. All this was when I was married and didn`t work as many hours. Now I`m a single mum, needs must. Contrary to what some believe, there are single mums that do work and who don`t have children that get in trouble and are actually contributing to society!0 -
space_rider wrote: »Its years now, but I used to make chocolate biscuits, wholemeal apple muffins, muffins with pineapple, potatoey things that they could eat cold like spanish omlette. I also used to give them pitta bread and went to great trouble to make sarnies in nice shapes. I also used to make nice soups for them to have when they came home from school while they waited for dinner. All this was when I was married and didn`t work as many hours. Now I`m a single mum, needs must. Contrary to what some believe, there are single mums that do work and who don`t have children that get in trouble and are actually contributing to society!
Sounds yummy lol.
Completely agree, for too long people have used single mothers as some kind of scapegoat for all of societies ills.
A stance that is not only sexist, it's also counter-productive, as it allows fickle fathers off the hook too. Encouraging the idea that it's OK for fathers to abandon their offspring if the whim so takes them.
It also completely undermines all the hardworking single parents, already fighting adversity, having to defend their position at every turn.All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.0 -
How will the following be affected?
- Mother not working claiming IS
- Boyfriend not working claiming DLA & ESA - totally capable of working (showed us that on our moving day) has fits , rarely, usually caused by drink.
- 2 kids boths girls 5 & 7, youngest has autisum.
- living in HA flat
Will the mothers JSA (once changed over) go down after a year?0 -
If the child with autism gets DLA at middle or higher rate, and Mum claims Carer's Allowance, Mum doesn't have to transfer to JSA but can stay on IS. If Mum doesn't claim CA, I don't know if this is still the case though.0
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krisskross wrote: »This would be because the child related benefits are not used to look after the children. You cannot have it all ways. You want loads of money given to families with children but still want taxpayers to fund the things the money is supposed to pay for.
There was a thread on here from a lady about to lose child tax credit and child benefit as her 'child' was 19. She was losing almost £125 a week!! We are not talking peanuts here and certainly enough to provide decent food.
What has happened is that children are effectively subsidising the parents. Babies are providing the wherewithal for luxury items for parents.
And I also believe that a blank cheque wasn't handed to the banks. I understood that the government now own part of SOME of them and the country actually stands to make money on the investment in the banks.
How come she was losing £125 pw when CTC is £43 pw and CB £20 pw the maths just don't add up.0 -
How come she was losing £125 pw when CTC is £43 pw and CB £20 pw the maths just don't add up.
Absolutely no idea. This is the thread
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