At 1.30pm today I am talking to Jim Mora on National Radio as of part of the Reeling in the years; 1973 programme. We will talk about how the DPB came about and its effect since.
UPDATE; Interesting audience response. Four e-mails came in immediately;
- There is another reason there are no children available for adoption. Abortion.
- Stranger adoption didn't work for either party which is why we largely discontinued it.
- Lindsay Mitchell is obviously of the 'starve them into submission' persuasion.
- Some 16 year-olds make great parents and 35 year-olds don't.
NOT THE RESULT MANY ANTICIPATED.
11 minutes ago
4 comments:
Good points Linday. Dear Jim couldn't bring himself to say anything else than "interesting".
When he hears a nice leftie stupid remark, such as "people do not choose to be poor", he always says "good point".
Thanks Berend, wish I'd had longer.
So much more I would have liked to discuss.
- There is another reason there are no children available for adoption. Abortion.
I wonder where the pressure for the DPB comes from i.e what we get isn't necessarily a result of democracy but pressure groups.
Some 16 year olds may make good parents, but on the whole the awful truth is that many make lousy parents.
I spoke to a Primary School Headmaster, who admitted that students from one parent families generally don't do as well at school as children from two parent families.
It is a pity it is so difficult for teachers' to comment publicly on the effects of the DPB because they have practical experience of the problems children from different social backgrounds face.
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