Single Parents Protest!

sophia25 · 28-01-2012 01:33PM #1

Well as AH are great at stereotyping single parents, perhaps they want to see the website & facebook page they have set up for their protest on Feb 18th . They have done a submission to advisory board in dept. of protection, mission statement etc. Does that shatter any preconceived notions or do people not want to understand the issues?

http://sparkcampaign.com/

https://www.facebook.com/irishsingleparentsfightback

All welcome to join in!:)

ejmaztec · 28-01-2012 01:35PM

sophia25 wrote: »

Well as AH are great at stereotyping single parents, perhaps they want to see the website & facebook page they have set up for their protest on Feb 18th . They have done a submission to advisory board in dept. of protection, mission statement etc. Does that shatter any preconceived notions or do people not want to understand the issues?

http://sparkcampaign.com/

https://www.facebook.com/irishsingleparentsfightback

All welcome to join in!:)

If you're not a single parent, does this mean that you have to murder your partner so's you can join?

juan.kerr · 28-01-2012 01:36PM

I'm confused - are we protesting in favour of or against single parents?

sophia25 · 28-01-2012 01:38PM

juan.kerr wrote: »

I'm confused - are we protesting in favour of or against single parents?

Mmmm is the website too confusing for you?? We can simplify it for you, if you need it.

gcgirl · 28-01-2012 01:42PM

You should have put this in the parental forum the apes here it might be a little too much for their brains to take in.

ejmaztec · 28-01-2012 01:43PM

gcgirl wrote: »

You should have put this in the parental forum the apes here it might be a little too much for their brains to take in.

Kevin Duffy · 28-01-2012 01:43PM

sophia25 wrote: »

Well as AH are great at stereotyping single parents, perhaps they want to see the website & facebook page they have set up for their protest on Feb 18th . They have done a submission to advisory board in dept. of protection, mission statement etc. Does that shatter any preconceived notions or do people not want to understand the issues?

http://sparkcampaign.com/

https://www.facebook.com/irishsingleparentsfightback

All welcome to join in!:)

You know AH is more than one person and there's more than one opinion, right?
Maybe it's just me, but if I was looking for support and criticising generalisations, I wouldn't start with a generalised criticism of potential supporters.

token101 · 28-01-2012 01:44PM

sophia25 wrote: »

Mmmm is the website too confusing for you?? We can simplify it for you, if you need it.

Yeah if you wouldn't mind! I'm at work and the link is blocked apparently it's inappropriate! What exactly are single mothers protesting about? Who's minding the kids? Will they be left to their own devices to fight off the likes of Joe Pesci?

gcgirl · 28-01-2012 01:46PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

sophia25 wrote: »

Well as AH are great at stereotyping single parents, perhaps they want to see the website & facebook page they have set up for their protest on Feb 18th . They have done a submission to advisory board in dept. of protection, mission statement etc. Does that shatter any preconceived notions or do people not want to understand the issues?

http://sparkcampaign.com/

https://www.facebook.com/irishsingleparentsfightback

All welcome to join in!:)

You know AH is more than one person and there's more than one opinion, right?
Maybe it's just me, but if I was looking for support and criticising generalisations, I wouldn't start with a generalised criticism of potential supporters.

Where do I start ???

Dohnny Jepp · 28-01-2012 01:46PM

gcgirl wrote: »

You should have put this in the parental forum the apes here it might be a little too much for their brains to take in.

Excuse me while I try find the fcuk I was going to give. . .
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Sorry can't find it.

mikemac1 · 28-01-2012 01:47PM

sophia25 wrote: »

Well as AH are great at stereotyping single parents,

sophia25 wrote: »

All welcome to join in!:)

Do you even want our opinion?

edit: Kevin Duffy asked already above

juan.kerr · 28-01-2012 01:47PM

sophia25 wrote: »

Mmmm is the website too confusing for you?? We can simplify it for you, if you need it.

Looks like you may need to. We all want to be ringfenced by the cuts (other than the Croke Park beneficiaries). The reality is we can't all be.

Kevin Duffy · 28-01-2012 01:49PM

gcgirl wrote: »

Where do I start ???

Where would you start with what what? A critique of what I said? Anywhere you like and carefully explain what was inaccurate about it.

Plazaman · 28-01-2012 01:50PM

gcgirl wrote: »

You should have put this in the parental forum the apes here it might be a little too much for their brains to take in.

Pffftt, nonsense. I'm empathise with this demographic. Everyone should be a singing parent as music is food for the soul. Is there sheet music available if we want to join in the protest? Should sound great.

westendgirlie · 28-01-2012 01:51PM

I can't click the links. What's occurring?

stovelid · 28-01-2012 01:51PM

Will there be lots of hot, gullible women there?

gcgirl · 28-01-2012 01:51PM

juan.kerr wrote: »

sophia25 wrote: »

Mmmm is the website too confusing for you?? We can simplify it for you, if you need it.

Looks like you may need to. We all want to be ringfenced by the cuts (other than the Croke Park beneficiaries). The reality is we can't all be.

Simplify it, the cut on the ce scheme basically stops lone parents from working, where as the minister is cutting her nose of despite her face, saying that she does not want people to be dependent on SW but making it impossible for lone parents to try and not depend on SW.

Jim_Kiy · 28-01-2012 01:52PM

Is Kevin Meyers giving any speeches?might attend if he is.

juan.kerr · 28-01-2012 01:52PM

Can we start a protest against single parents?

I was listening to Niall Boylan on 4fm the other night. They were talking about single mothers with 3 or more children all with different fathers and the reluctance to put the fathers name on the birth cert so they could get their full 'entitlements'.

mikemac1 · 28-01-2012 01:53PM

A lobby group so

S.P.A.R.K. is a diverse group of single parents living in Ireland who have united together to protect our children from the radical policy changes introduced in Budget 2012.

"I know cuts are inevitable........just cut someone else and leave us alone"

Nothing wrong with this, every group wants as much money and and as little pain as possible

westendgirlie · 28-01-2012 01:53PM

stovelid wrote: »

Will there be lots of hot, gullible women there?

Keep your lid on it though Stove, these ones are quite fertile

gcgirl · 28-01-2012 01:53PM

stovelid wrote: »

Will there be lots of hot, gullible women there?

The average age of a line parent is 37 so if your after cougars you might be in luck

juan.kerr · 28-01-2012 01:54PM

westendgirlie wrote: »

Keep your lid on it though Stove, these ones are quite fertile

They have even been known to have immaculate conceptions.

sophia25 · 28-01-2012 01:54PM

juan.kerr wrote: »

Looks like you may need to. We all want to be ringfenced by the cuts (other than the Croke Park beneficiaries). The reality is we can't all be.

OK how about for starters, did you know that if you work as a single parnt and are let go, you now have to go on OPFA. Guess what on OPFA you can't do jobbridge!

We can do CE schemes for €20 a week but hav to fund childcare out of this €20???

We are forced longterm on SW and do not have same opportunities as others.

To do a fas course, we have to pay €25 for childcare, we only get an additional €29.80 per week for a child so if we do course left with €4.80 to feed and clothe child.

Shall I go on, or is it clear that the budget is forcing single parents out of training oe work experiences??

stovelid · 28-01-2012 01:55PM

gcgirl wrote: »

The average age of a line parent is 37 so if your after cougars you might be in luck

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/259429/259429,1274386706,1/stock-vector-dollar-jackpot-winning-in-slot-machine-vector-53533063.jpg

mikemac1 · 28-01-2012 01:56PM

€25 for childcare is incredible

There are people paying hundreds and hundreds per month, almost a second mortgage

stovelid · 28-01-2012 01:56PM

juan.kerr wrote: »

They have even been known to have immaculate conceptions.

I'm just having a laugh.

No wish to go down the road you appear to be travelling on.

juan.kerr · 28-01-2012 01:57PM

Can someone help answer a question I have about the term 'bastard'.

One of the definitions from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bastard is 'a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.'

So can a girl be a bastard?

gcgirl · 28-01-2012 01:58PM

juan.kerr wrote: »

Can we start a protest against single parents?

I was listening to Niall Boylan on 4fm the other night. They were talking about single mothers with 3 or more children all with different fathers and the reluctance to put the fathers name on the birth cert so they could get their full 'entitlements'.

Epic fail
Any lone parent i know have the dads name on the birth cert
I have 3 kids by the same dad his on the birthcert wow like

Why should I make my kids be brought up in a home where it's hostile or walking on egg shells all the time, best thing we did was break up, we actually after a lot of crap get along better

graceanseo · 28-01-2012 01:59PM

This SPARK group have acheived a lot in a very short time and they are committed to the long haul, it's not simply about reversing the cuts. It's about a change in Social Policy. It's about the long term. People parenting alone are not the stereotype that the government has happily let you all buy into with their well time media reports. Any parent could become a lone parent at anytime, nobody knows what's around the corner be it death, relationship breakdown, mental health issues the list goes on. Nobody can deny the facts and the facts clearly show that people parenting alone are being discriminated against every which way they turn to try and improve their situation. I say Viva La Revolution!!!

stovelid · 28-01-2012 02:01PM

juan.kerr wrote: »

Can someone help answer a question I have about the term 'bastard'.

One of the definitions from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bastard is 'a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.'

So can a girl be a bastard?

That's pretty horrible, to be honest.

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