There are people starving in the world
Dieing of thirst
Being bombed
Imprisoned
Kids being used as sex slaves being trafficked
Murdered
Raped
Tortured
Some of that is happening to kids in this country too
Our kids in this country generally have a very decent life
So fucking what they are missing out on a few things
They have missed out on a lot of the freedoms we had as kids and they seem to be ok
It really fucking annoys me when you see people saying it's been hard looking after their kids and I get that every situation is different but dont fucking have kids if you aren't prepared to raise them in difficult circumstances
That is a daft argument in the extreme.
As long as your kids are better off than one that's being tortured or raped, then it doesn't matter what's happening?
Come on. This has been awful. During the war my grandad was a kid and used to say it was a great time. Worries, yes, but he got to know all the planes was never hungry and following it was exciting.
This isn't exciting for kids. Your list; well, even hard, streetwise DF would be shocked by some of the things the gangs get up to with 11 and 12 year olds in Meadows, Aspley, Radford, St Annes Bilborough, Top Valley etc. I know you reckon you are proper streetwise, but i'm telling you; your list is happening on those streets while those kids are freely available and not in school.
My daughter is autistic. She needs to be around other kids to see how to behave socially; she doesn't inherently get it. Four months into the March lockdown and her behaviour had got downright odd just for lack of being around other kids. This isn't nothing.
I'm totally confused as to what is right. Seeing a lot of media and parents calling for all schools to be shut. The unions are calling for that as well; of course they are, it's their job to protect teachers, not children. And I'm seeing reports of this new strain putting younger people and children in hospital and that scares me more than anything we've encountered so far.
Then we have the Telegraph headline "Teachers demand schools close" which really annoys me, because that isn't what has happened before; the union heads are NOT teachers and nor do they ballot us before taking policy decisions.
And the government doesn't seem to have a clue whether it is safe for schools to be open or not. I never believe a Tory who goes on about caring for the education and mental health of kids, ever. I just don't believe it actually matters to them for state kids. I'm guessing what they want is free childcare so parents can remain at work and the economy keeps ticking over.