Emergency Budget: tax credit cuts for millions

AnxiousMum

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

As far as gadgets are concerned of course that's down to the parents but the schools should be ensuring daily exercise is part of the timetable.
It's not healthy kids sitting around all day they need to let off steam no matter what age group they're in.
Even lethargic teenagers can benefit from an hour a day on the games field or in the gym.

Teenagers get a break in the morning, they get about an hour for lunch - there are always physical activities they can do at lunch time - but if they're raised to be lethargic at home, they're hardly going to be conscientious at school! They also have PE/Games lessons in school......but how many parents will willingly send in a note saying 'little johnnie's got a sore wrist, can't do pe', or 'little jennie's got pms and stomach cramps - can't do pe', or simply won't provide the proper kit for the kids?
Maybe some of these 'lethargic teenagers' could use a swift kick up the !!!! from their parents - as in alot of cases their lethargy doesn't stop at being active......they become disruptive in lessons stopping the others who want to learn......from learning.
Funny - but I thought a job as a parent was to raise a well rounded young person......seems I'm the one of the only ones on here who see that as my job as a parent, and see a teachers job as teaching them the curriculum they need to learn!

I could never be a teacher......kids wouldn't bother me, but the parent's attitudes would!

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

AnxiousMum wrote: »

Teenagers get a break in the morning, they get about an hour for lunch - there are always physical activities they can do at lunch time - but if they're raised to be lethargic at home, they're hardly going to be conscientious at school! They also have PE/Games lessons in school......but how many parents will willingly send in a note saying 'little johnnie's got a sore wrist, can't do pe', or 'little jennie's got pms and stomach cramps - can't do pe', or simply won't provide the proper kit for the kids?
Maybe some of these 'lethargic teenagers' could use a swift kick up the !!!! from their parents - as in alot of cases their lethargy doesn't stop at being active......they become disruptive in lessons stopping the others who want to learn......from learning.
Funny - but I thought a job as a parent was to raise a well rounded young person......seems I'm the one of the only ones on here who see that as my job as a parent, and see a teachers job as teaching them the curriculum they need to learn!

I could never be a teacher......kids wouldn't bother me, but the parent's attitudes would!

I totally agree with you,it's the way you raise your kids that matters.Parents attitudes influence their children greatly and sadly a lot of parents don't take an active interest in their children.
This is not a new problem though,it's always been around.
You should ask my daughter about this,she's worked with disruptive kids for nearly 20 years and she's often said the parents come in with attitudes worse than the child.
In most cases like everything else in life,you get out of a child what you put in.
They may be individuals but respond very well to good care and attention .

ALIBOBSY

DaiJoA wrote: »

One thing that I hoped would have been addressed but hasn't is the 'funding' for children from age 3 for 15hrs of nursery care/education each week, which sounds great on paper until you realise that those 15hrs cant be taken as two seperate whole-day sessions, or anything remotely resembling anything that could allow the mother to go to work - the 15hrs are worked out as five 2 1/2 hour sessions, one per day, which is totally and utterly useless when it comes to helping the mother back into work, and so therefore a complete waste of public money.

Unless you are lucky enough to have someone to drop off and pick up your child, these hours only go towards lowering the childcare bill or as some 'free time' for the mother - there are countless single mothers at my childs' pre-school who take their children there every day then go back to their paid-for flats to watch Jeremy Kyle etc...don't they realise how precious these pre-school days are? My child only goes twice a week as I'd much rather we spent the rest of the time together.

The age threshold has just been lowered to two and a half so even more money is wasted - why can't they make it just one whole day session, or something that would actually be of some use to people like me who would love a job but cannot find one with suitable hours to work around my child (and because we are living together my partner and I aren't entitled to anything - I would rather go without treats and enjoy being with my child).

Am disappointed that this child care provision is never addressed.

My local authority have addressed this and from this Sept it is up to the nursery, they can have the 15 hrs as and when they want. Its their choice re flexibility.
Not sure this is a national thing or just in our area.

However I agree its hardly an essential spend of tax payers money. For us I am lucky enough to be a SAHM as OH gets a good wage and we bought in 1999 and live "op noorth" which all helps. This means I use a nursery for my 2 yr old for a couple of mornings to help her socialise and give me a bit of time with the baby (2 older children at school so no time later on). I pay for this now and will get it for free from January.

ali x

claire111

Very simply:-

eat 3500 calories more than you burn and you will gain 1lb in weight

burn 3500 calories more than you eat and you lose 1lb in weight

AnxiousMum wrote: »

It's also the types of 'fat in' ........ yes, they will burn calories.....no matter where they are from, but we all know that different types of fats (hence the difference between eating a banana or a penguin biscuit) react differently in the body.

How so ? surely 100 cals is 100 cals ?