Cleopatra Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 At last! The government has woken up to the idea of parenting classes but, alas, they will be voluntary and to encourage parents to attend they will be able to get a 100pound voucher to pay for the lessons. The scheme is to be launched in 3 test area at a cost of 5 million pounds. 5 million pounds!? Apparantly the cost could soar to hundreds of millions of pounds. Why the friggin hell is it to cost so much!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 At last! The government has woken up to the idea of parenting classes but, alas, they will be voluntary and to encourage parents to attend they will be able to get a 100pound voucher to pay for the lessons. The scheme is to be launched in 3 test area at a cost of 5 million pounds. 5 million pounds!? Apparantly the cost could soar to hundreds of millions of pounds. Why the friggin hell is it to cost so much!? Will the parents get time off school to attend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 nice one Nick! :smile: Just for interest, what happens if a kid refuses to sit on the naughty step? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Dearie me. You both are missing the point, maybe deliberaately. They are not underaged parents being targetted but the maturer parents of the wayward kids and have no idea of how to conttrol their offspring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Cart before the horse. No incentives, but an implied threat would be my choice, to both parent and off-spring. A ridiculous state of affairs has been allowed to go on for too long. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Agree with you Harry. It has been allowed to go on for too long. Parents ahould be compelled to take responsibility for their offspring or be penalised heavily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Why the friggin hell is it to cost so much! That is because they have to pay the software developers for when they bring the app out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Perhaps someone can advise as to how you control a chav kid, without the use of corporal punishment? Which btw, is now a non-starter, as they'd ring child line before you could say - Esther Ranson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Dearie me. You both are missing the point, maybe deliberaately. They are not underaged parents being targetted but the maturer parents of the wayward kids and have no idea of how to conttrol their offspring. Absolute madness and what do they hope to achieve ? Presumably these wayward kids are older (ie not toddlers) so what is the point of 'teaching' the parents once the kids have got to an older age and have fallen into their wayward ways. Their kids are hardy likely to say 'How was your course mum/dad, what did you learn and of course I will start to behave myself and do as you say now have your certificate in parenting... I'll also change my circle of bad friends to good ones and I'll be in by 9pm every night. I also promise to be polite, hardworking and a pillar of the local community at all times, thanks mum/dad' It would make more sense to teach the dim parents what they should be doing when their kids are very young so that hopefully they don't turn into scallies.. sort of like most parents do without any paid for 'course' ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Well going of the news, there appears to be an infanticide epidemic at the moment; and the pre-natal kind is costing the NHS around a £million per year - one way of dealing with the problem I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Well going of the news, there appears to be an infanticide epidemic at the moment; and the pre-natal kind is costing the NHS around a £million per year - one way of dealing with the problem I guess! "infanticide" ? - have you moved to the US and joined the tea party - or just started watching Fox News? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 The US? The origin of infanticide is latin from infanticidium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 For your benefit Nick, there seems to be quite a few cases of parents killing their kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Where is this epidemic Obs, I dont watch Fox news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Sounds like you don't watch any news! :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Trust me I do, but not Fox news, And I have not heard about this epidemic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Can't be happening then <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 For your benefit Nick, there seems to be quite a few cases of parents killing their kids. It was your apparent description of abortion as infanticide I was commenting on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 The US? The origin of infanticide is latin from infanticidium. Must be Latin America then! (Homicide is also from latin - doesn't stop it being such as popular activity in the US ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 I thought homicide was where you would find Marge Simpson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Must be Latin America then! (Homicide is also from latin - doesn't stop it being such as popular activity in the US ) and also a popular activity in the UK it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 It was your apparent description of abortion as infanticide I was commenting on It isn't very often that I agree with observer, but, I also read his post and to me it read as he was remarking about the number of parents recently reported who have killed their babies post natal. Then he went on to remark about abortion. The two separated by a comma, thus he was not calling abortion infanticide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 It isn't very often that I agree with observer, but, I also read his post and to me it read as he was remarking about the number of parents recently reported who have killed their babies post natal. Then he went on to remark about abortion. The two separated by a comma, thus he was not calling abortion infanticide. Cleo, Observer's post was "Well going of the news, there appears to be an infanticide epidemic at the moment; and the pre-natal kind is costing the NHS around a £million per year - one way of dealing with the problem I guess!" Kind of what, if he doesn't mean the pre-natal kind of infanticide, i.e. abortion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 If infanticide was a disease, what % of the population would have to have it for it to be an epidemic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Epidemic No mention of a required percentage I'm afraid <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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