How is this fair ?
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I agree with you entirely...not just on this subject but many others...It seems the more unreliable you are or work shy, or addicted to substances or dishonest, there are numerous organisations there to help...in fact an industry is made of it, but in your situation you just have to get on with it.My daughter is in a similar position as a stay at home Mum. I advised her when she married to take out a Mortgage...I sometimes regret that, because if she spent every penny she had, she would end up getting a free house, free medical prescriptions, free school clothing, etc etc. As they say, life isn't fair...you sound like a real good mum, so take joy in that..and ignore the rest.
Its not and you should write a letter to the supervisor
Ridiculous! I can understand how you feel!
i agree with you, free should be free... not "your kid is a fatty, he can play" i have personally never heard of such a thing, but my only idea is that they are freaking out over "how fat children are these days" because of soda or what not...
i would complain to them :) demand that your children be allowed to play! or, if you want to have cheaper sporting events, try the YMCA or a local pool swimming and diving team
Sad story...I applaud you for taking good care of your children and loving them. No sense however to complain about that which will not make change. Make moves, encourage your children to organize friends to get together and play some pickup!
Don't be absurd. Those programs benefit the CHILDREN of people who either don't care, don't know any better or are genetically disadvantaged. I repeat, the programs are to benefit the CHILDREN. Not the parents.
P.S. I was a stay at home mom with little disposable income also. My kids were also healthy, active and fit and did not fall into any of the many categories which would have allowed them to benefit from such "free" programs either. Thank heaven.
OKAY! EVERYBODY! The programs benefit the CHILDREN!!
oh my goodness, thats basically saying 'hey kids eat crap get fat and heres a present for doing it' thats terrible but i can see that its trying to get lazy kids of there backsides and outside to burn of the weight, could of just gave the parents a few slaps around the head to get some common sense into them though
I know how you feel my mom is a stay at home mom with 2 kids and a foster daughter
Sue them for discrimination and use the money to send your children to a decent sports center. I'm pretty sure you can't discriminate based on weight and people would be up in arms if you started telling people that they couldn't come in because they were too fat.
i totally agree with you its just not fair - its like people who dont work and claim benefits get free gym membership yet people like me who go out work hard to earn a living and pay bills and try and do something good like keeping fit have to pay the £40 per month - its an absolue joke !
Indeed, but i guess its the governments initiative to get the fat kids off their backsides and do some healthy exercise, and to get the parents to be more responsible for their child's health. Aren't there any sports facilities, local school, sport centre, that are free? either that its down to taking them out to the park, for a game of footie or chuck a ball around, no its not fair, but what is?
Who´s paying for all this freebie stuff i wonder?!
Wouldn´t be so bad, but i would hazard a guess by saying that many, if not all participants will continue their bad eating habits (via couldn´t be bothered parents) thus making the object of the exercise pointless. it´s almost an invitation to keep the children from underfoot for an hour or so.
To answer your question about fairness, i don´t think that comes into it really. but if the sports is to reduce the weight of overweight children they should be made aware prior to any activity, by this i mean the parents should be made to attend a lecture, of the dangers of being overweight and be educated in healthy eating for an hour before each free sports session their child attends.
It´s all very well trying to reduce obeseness by offering free sports to those overweight, but it has to be used and not abused.
It's perfectly normal. The scheme is for overweight children so they can do sports, even if their parents have no money.
I think it is a good idea.
Personally, I'd like a wheelchair for myself so I can roll down the hill next to my house instead of walking down it.
The NHS wouldn't give me one for free though, because I don't NEED it - I would have to pay. Wheelchairs are reserved for those who need them.
What about all the free food they give the homeless? I'd like some free food too ! Is that fair? of course it is ! They need it more than me.
This particular sports facility is reserved for those who NEED it.
I'm sure you can find another sports club that helps different groups of people and that you fit into the category.
Its wrong! Children whose parents have not been able to lookafter their kids very well possibly because they have been disadvantaged themselves probably need these kind of activities for the sake of the children. So I dont think having these facilities are a bad thing. But what I do feel is that if you try to do your best and manage on a small budget successfully and have healthy happy clean kids then you seem to get a bit of a 'so what' from the system. I am happily married with one child and my current dilemma is whether I should go back to work for a measley £80 and £10 working tax credit, yet if I were a single parent I would be able to receive something like £700 a month. As well as have my council tax paid and get to go places like leisure centres and pay concessionary rates, So no its not fair. I have worked with children previously in a professional capacity and know how important it is for them to have a secure happy childhood which most of us want to provide and the government seems to agree there would be less hoodies on the street may be if kids had somewhere to associate with - a home somewhere where they have had good happy times with loved ones somewhere they are happy to be and gravitate back to not st corners. Dont get me wrong I aint dissing working mums but really how long are they babies for should they be put in nursery at 3 months? You responded to my question and said I could email you but I'm afraid I dont know how to .
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