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Teachers are having to toilet train children as some come to school unable to use a toilet, more children are non-verbal, more children are unable to sit throug

Teachers are having to toilet train children as some come to school unable to use a toilet, more children are non-verbal, more children are unable to sit through lessons, the number of children with special needs has skyrocketed, in one council area there was a single taxi firm with a £20m contract to take children to school, not only are there free school meals but some schools are now running breakfast and dinner services because parents can't feed children...no, parents won't take responsibility.

SturgeonsLaw 1y ago
And all this is because websites weren't doing age verification? Wow, I'm glad we could solve those problems once and for all with this excellent legislation that doesn't have any side effects whatsoever!
- skippyboxedhero 1y ago
  no, the problem is parents. all of these are happening at the same time which proves that the issue is that a significant minority of parents are incapable (there is also a reason why this has happened but saying it is verboten). the question of whether the state should try to fix this stuff is irrelevant, it cannot
  - kypro 1y ago
    My GF works in schools helping children who have special needs. It's really sad some of the things she tells me. Many parents of these children will spend all of their child's DLA on giving their hair or nails done. Kids regularly turn up to school hungry and sometimes don't even get presents on their birthdays. Many kids from these backgrounds are seen as little more than cashcows to help their parents get homes and income without having to work.
    - skippyboxedhero 1y ago
      Yes...there is more I would like to say but that is the issue. If you turn having children into a profit-seeking enterprise, you will get bad outcomes. The UK is in the bizarre position where people who should have kids aren't having kids but they are paying for the children of those who shouldn't have kids. The statistics coming out about this are incredible. We are looking at 20-30% of this cohort likely being unable to work at any point in their lifetime.
      - arresin 1y ago
        Are there any common characteristics about these people that could be used to prevent this catastrophe? There has to be something… some commonality that could be of help.
stephen_g 1y ago
That doesn't mean society should pass more laws so the state takes on more responsibility of raising children though. We're dumbing down people and allowing what you describe to happen even more... It's like manufacturing a cycle of increasing dependence on the state.
- skippyboxedhero 1y ago
  there is no limit to this in the UK the solution to children stabbing each other was to attempt to ban knives i believe they are also gearing up for a ban on cigars, cigarettes have a scale which will make them effectively illegal for children born today, more types of pornography are being banned ...this is the same country which has legalised heroin use regionally btw...you need a licence to watch porn but your neighbour can shoplift, shoot up heroin, and you pay his rent... however bad you think it is, it is much worse
  - Nursie 1y ago
    > this is the same country which has legalised heroin use regionally ?? What on earth are you talking about?
itsobviousinnit 1y ago
Import the third world, become the third world.

SturgeonsLaw 1y ago

And all this is because websites weren't doing age verification? Wow, I'm glad we could solve those problems once and for all with this excellent legislation that doesn't have any side effects whatsoever!

skippyboxedhero 1y ago
no, the problem is parents. all of these are happening at the same time which proves that the issue is that a significant minority of parents are incapable (there is also a reason why this has happened but saying it is verboten). the question of whether the state should try to fix this stuff is irrelevant, it cannot
- kypro 1y ago
  My GF works in schools helping children who have special needs. It's really sad some of the things she tells me. Many parents of these children will spend all of their child's DLA on giving their hair or nails done. Kids regularly turn up to school hungry and sometimes don't even get presents on their birthdays. Many kids from these backgrounds are seen as little more than cashcows to help their parents get homes and income without having to work.
  - skippyboxedhero 1y ago
    Yes...there is more I would like to say but that is the issue. If you turn having children into a profit-seeking enterprise, you will get bad outcomes. The UK is in the bizarre position where people who should have kids aren't having kids but they are paying for the children of those who shouldn't have kids. The statistics coming out about this are incredible. We are looking at 20-30% of this cohort likely being unable to work at any point in their lifetime.
    - arresin 1y ago
      Are there any common characteristics about these people that could be used to prevent this catastrophe? There has to be something… some commonality that could be of help.

stephen_g 1y ago

That doesn't mean society should pass more laws so the state takes on more responsibility of raising children though. We're dumbing down people and allowing what you describe to happen even more... It's like manufacturing a cycle of increasing dependence on the state.

skippyboxedhero 1y ago
there is no limit to this in the UK the solution to children stabbing each other was to attempt to ban knives i believe they are also gearing up for a ban on cigars, cigarettes have a scale which will make them effectively illegal for children born today, more types of pornography are being banned ...this is the same country which has legalised heroin use regionally btw...you need a licence to watch porn but your neighbour can shoplift, shoot up heroin, and you pay his rent... however bad you think it is, it is much worse
- Nursie 1y ago
  > this is the same country which has legalised heroin use regionally ?? What on earth are you talking about?

itsobviousinnit 1y ago

Import the third world, become the third world.