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Where's Dad? How come he's not in jail with Mom? Or maybe he could look after the pesky 13 year old while Mom's serving time.
Those dreadful Brits! You mean to tell me that when Britishers choose to burden their government by procreating, they're actually responsible for those children, and for ensuring that they get a basic education to help make them thoughtful and productive members of society, and provide them with choices? Barbaric! Horrible, when they have the option of winking at truancy and allowing the adorable little yobs to spend their days freely intimidating, assaulting, and looting from others.
How dare anyone make Mommy do anything! After all, Mommy has already done the most important job in the world merely by grunting out this charming tot.
I'm guessing the appropriate social service agency will assign a foster home to care for her son until she is able to do so herself. If appropriate, it could be a member of her family.
I guess I don't understand why these cases upset people so much. Besides feeding your child and providing it with shelter and love, what is more important than making sure it gets to school? What are the odds that this child will have a happy future without school? To me, not making sure your child regularly gets to school approaches abuse.
She obviously had plenty of chances to fix the problem. At some point, parents just need to be held accountable.
I really have trouble seeing how taking away the kid's mother will improve his/her attendance. Something about this seems a little backwards.
