Is it because the kids are always farmed out for care so they don't think carefully about their own selfish actions?Why are the middle class now the main providers of child neglect cases that come into the press?
Yes, they very rarely have to look after their own Children %26amp; when they do they cannot cope, have a star.Why are the middle class now the main providers of child neglect cases that come into the press?
Well, middle class is the largest class so therefore they would have the majority of problems. Unless you are a working parent you have no idea what its like to support a family and an overburdenenng tax system especially on the local level. Most parents have to work, which unfortunatley leaves more child care and its related problems. PS 99.9% of people do not neglect their children.
I cannot agree with you. I don't think it's got anything to do with class. I live near an estate and I know because I see every day what neglected children are.
It's to do with dedication, and learned parenting skills. In fact, I know one woman who was in an alcoholic stupor and her kids were taken away from her, into care. And she was definitely working class.
Actually, that's not true. She didn't work, lived off benefits.
I think you're generalising. There are good parents and there are bad parents.
Having money does not make you a good parent and having no money does not make you a good parent either. Bad parents have little or no common sense and are selfish, class does not come into it.
Edited to say - The guy was a bank manager, gone are the days when being a bank manager meant something. He will earn roughly 拢28,000 a year. How does that make him middle class. I'm a Chartered Engineer earning a lot more than him but my parents were working class and that's how I refer to myself. Being working class does not mean living on benefits on a council estate!!!!!!!!!
What makes a person working, middle or upper class. Is it the amount of money you have in the bank.? The type of house you live in .? The area where you live. ? Lets take the McCanns as an example. Both were born of humble parents in the slums of Glasgow. This makes them working class ? They both studied and became doctors. This makes them middle class.? With the money they earned they brought a nice house in a good area. This makes them upper Class ? Yet both are the same people that they were when they were born. working class ? Which of these 3 classes are the McCanns really. ? You tell me.
Child abuse, be it neglect, sexual, physical, psychological or emotional, is not limited to any class strata, race or creed.
Making assumptions on that basis is very dangerous!
Actually, there is overwhelmingly more abuse and neglect with the poor, but it is so common and expected that it just isn't considered newsworthy.
I dont agree it is just the middle classes. The press have reported on several cases recently and these go across the social strata.
Some people cannot or will not cope with the demands of parenthood, its that simple.
Are they? Where's the data to back up this generalised statement of yours? A few headlines in the Sun hardly constitutes hard facts. Why not get in touch with your local Children's Services department and ask them if they have any statistics?
In today's entrepreneurial society, one may easily increase one's wealth/income through the maximization of opportunity - but not one's class. Scratch the surface and what's underneath becomes only too obvious.
i think thats a terrible generalisation
all classes have the issues of selfishness where their children are concerned, ive noticed it more in benefit %26amp; working class ..
Because its a given with estate vermin.
Robert, middle class is not even close to being the largest class.
Er Karen Matthews? I rest my case, she is hardley middle class is she?
It seems for some they are just 'accessories' that are forgotten about until they lose one!
Why are you saying that like having money makes you a better character?
I'm sure that Shannon Matthews' parents would love to be classed as Middle class....
Joe claims all working class parents are awful parents. What a load of rubbish. The working class is what keeps this country running - they work damn hard for little pay and bring up decent kids.
I think the people he's actually refering to are in a new class which I'd call the ';under class.'; These are the folk that can't be bothered to get a job, because ';we can live on benefits.'; They are too lazy to teach their kids right from wrong, hence all the anti-social yobbery in todays society. They just plonk their kids in front of the tv/xbox all day which leads to the kids not developing social skills and of course will have no idea of how to handle tricky real life situations.
The working class (my family and most of my mates) are the backbone of the country. They work hard and are definitely not lazy and they bring their kids up with love and affection and teach them morals from pretty much day 1.
The upper middle class I'd say have a sort of lazy attitude in a different way to the under class. They shun their kids off to boarding school and get nannies to look after their kids.
Some of the rich kids will be selfish as they are a product from a ridiculously rich background where the value of money is not appreciated. Examples: the Geldof kids, Peaches and Fairybell or whatever she's called. These kids just get given whatever they want no matter how badly they behave and as such will always be selfish spoilt brats. In this class the parents are extremely lazy as they'll just give their kids money simply to get rid of them for a while.
Personally I'd say real family values lie within reach of all classes. We cannot say one class is bad and the other class is great (exception - lazy under class!). Each class will have both good and bad elements.
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