What has gone wrong?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.guardian.c...oolchildren-breakfast

This is not a story from Dickens Victorian England, it is benefit Britain of 2012.

Are there really families going hungry, if so why?

[cathfromsaron]

i have had 2 pairs - 6 weeks apart - from clarks!

my grandson just grew!

[emmie]

ummm, what about, you are just picking at straws and you know it.

[daffy654]

I never said I can't afford to feed and clothe my son, I just said it was expensive.
Having been through the menopause and my other half having had a vasectomy when our son was a month or so old we obviously have no intention of having more children.

[ummmm]

Yes they do, Joe.

My oldest didn't...my youngest has.

[daffy654]

You can't buy shoes that are too big for a child unless you want them to have damaged feet joeluke.
We have to buy 3 lots of footwear at once for our son. He needs school shoes, football boots (school insists) and trainers every time his feet go up a size.

[cazzz1975]

once boys hit puberty they grow very quickly, I agree with ummm regarding the regularity of buying shoes and other clothes, they also do eat a lot of food, I can see exactly what she was getting at em, I dont think she was being personal.

[cazzz1975]

my daughters school now insist that all parents buy the new summer and winter pe kit, from them direct, priced at £70 pounds.

[ummmm]

Exactly Daffy!!

[joeluke]

Daffy......who buys shoes for kids that 'just fit'?

Obviously people who buy new pairs every few months

[emmie]

cazz, really, well going back over the thread looks pretty personal, being told i don't have a clue, what a crock.

[ummmm]

I wasn't being personal.

It's quite patronising though.

[cazzz1975]

she was talking about the cost of teenage children which from my perspective are quite high and I am quite thrifty!

[emmie]

what on earth is patronising, you are getting personal, but it's not my way.

[ummmm]

Em...how many kids do you have?

I have 3...I know how much it costs to keep them in basic school clothes. A bloody fortune. I know how much it costs to feed them! I know how much the extras cost...

You don't...sorry, but that's a fact!

[emmie]

Ummm unless you know me personally, which you don't, don't presume.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.thesun.co....starving-UK-kids.html

Some reasons are given in this report.

[emmie]

some interesting points in that article.

[ummmm]

Well if you have kids why not answer the question? How many kids do you have?

[emmie]

this is a site of interest, advice, i have no intention of giving out any more personal info.

[anotheoldgit]

Here's one mum with 11 kids and another on the way, who can manage without state handouts, apart from tax credits and child benefit.

http://www.dailymail....collect-benefits.html