Parenting

I cannot be bothered to listen to his Tonyness at his monthly briefing this morning. Having listened to the Today interview last week which was full of complete b*****ks I cannot be bothered to waste my time again today. Congratulations to Despatches last night at least they asked Patty H some uncomfortable questions on where all our money has gone in the NHS. I cannot remember the BBC showing anything which even questions the governments policy/view on anything in years.

No doubt Tone will be asked about the whole family thing today. Cameron is right that 2 parents are better at bringing kids up than one - however I know of plenty of brilliant single parents who do their best and whose kids are a credit to them. What the politicans should be concentrating on is the young girls who seem to thing that single parenthood is a career choice. I have an aquaintance whose 16 year old got pregnant last year. She had been in a relationship with the baby's father for all of 3 weeks before she got pregnant but she decided she wanted to keep the baby without consultation with him. It was a career choice for her and more attractive than going to college or getting a job (she is not stupid and had a place at college already). A year down the line she has her own house, a latest state of the art £500 brand new pram (paid for by a grant) and her and the boyfriend are no longer together. The girl in question has suggested (if not bragged) that she can sit on her bum, looking after her child and still has more money coming in than her ex boyfriend who has 2 jobs- one full time and another one in the evenings. The fact that some of our teenagers think that it is ok to have a child/children and for the rest of us to pick up the bill has got to be addressed.