tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post6414780398206217965..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Children's DayLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-80258276192348815902010-03-08T09:18:12.660+13:002010-03-08T09:18:12.660+13:00I think that the people who need to be reminded ab...I think that the people who need to be reminded about how much their kids should mean to them are the very ones who will never be reached by the 'message' of Children's Day anyway. It is a pointless exercise.<br /><br />I spent Sat and Sunday with my 14 year old boy who had a home leave from school. Wife and daughter were away in Wellington for the weekend. The boy and I talked, watched TV, played with the pup, did some shooting, practised his driving around the paddocks (those trees got awfully close at times) and moved several tons of firewood from one side of the property to the woodshed. And enjoyed a beer together on the deck after an afternoon of hard work. One of the best weekends I ever had.brian_smallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402642885274753098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-2703751731444309192010-03-08T07:45:47.083+13:002010-03-08T07:45:47.083+13:00Lindsay, "anonymous" on this thread also...Lindsay, "anonymous" on this thread also posts elsewhere as Sinner, and also plagues No Minister with his idiocy. For a while we were thinking he must be a lefty out to make right-wingers look deranged, but have eventually come to the conclusion that no, he's a genuine nutbar.Psycho Milthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779500926576047736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-3654834182818984822010-03-07T20:10:27.629+13:002010-03-07T20:10:27.629+13:00Good grief Anon! Political leanings aren't an ...Good grief Anon! Political leanings aren't an indicator of parental ability.<br /><br />A lot of us don't live near private hospitals and some children's health services are only available in the public system.<br /><br />You don't have to be leftwing to send your child to a state school -many of which are as good as some private ones.homepaddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596903968235369282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-39692797649701491972010-03-07T18:05:21.551+13:002010-03-07T18:05:21.551+13:00Anon, You make me look thoroughly reasonable inste...Anon, You make me look thoroughly reasonable instead of the radical tag National give me. Thanks.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-84263150486424623812010-03-07T17:12:33.117+13:002010-03-07T17:12:33.117+13:00. 'lefties' love and cherish their childre...<i>. 'lefties' love and cherish their children the same or more so than self-rightious 'righties'. </i><br /><br />Simply and demonstrably not true.<br /><br /><i>Being on the DPB or dole does not mean people love their children less. </i><br /><br />Of course it does! If you love your kids you won't be on a benefit - you'll be in a job. Your kids won't be in state schools, they'll be getting an actual education in private schools. When they fall ill, you won't take them to a MRSA ridden A&E dept, you'll have fully private cover. If you are injured, you won't rely on ACC but you'll have your own private insurance. You won't belong to a money-grubbing union and you won't be voting Labour or Green!<br /><br /><i>people not providing their children with adequate care are more likely to be on welfare </i><br /><br />precisely - but that's just one end of the spectrum. <br /><br />Righties are married, have jobs, have money, and ensure their kids get the best, whether it's education, healthcare, or something as simple as transporting the kids around in a new Volvo or BMW rather than a second or third had rust bucked Toyota or Nia. Becuase Righties kids are loved, they'll grow up listening to Brahms and Bach not hate-mongering rappers, racist reggae, or mind-alterning Techno. That's why lawyers, doctors, and most of all businessmen are righties, entrepreneurs, the people who create wealth and value for themselves and their families.<br /><br />And why lefties hate their kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-31968175908517605822010-03-07T12:43:18.871+13:002010-03-07T12:43:18.871+13:00Anon, Take care there. Being on the DPB or dole do...Anon, Take care there. Being on the DPB or dole does not mean people love their children less. <br /><br />I am sure there are people on the DPB who will argue they are there because they have put their children's interests first. That is why I don't have a problem with short term assistance.<br /><br />I could agree that those people not providing their children with adequate care are more likely to be on welfare as per the research I quoted earlier this week.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-70026187226517725982010-03-07T11:48:21.106+13:002010-03-07T11:48:21.106+13:00Despite your desire to cling to them and have them...Despite your desire to cling to them and have them to you let them go and the more likely they will return to you after flying the nest. Our's spent twenty years on the other side of the world and now has returned.<br /><br />I think it is an arrogant assumption based on ignorance that Anon 11.29 makes. 'lefties' love and cherish their children the same or more so than self-rightious 'righties'. And self-rightious 'lefties' for that matter too.JCUKNZ's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03571564700585666919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-81953234431796801842010-03-07T11:29:36.108+13:002010-03-07T11:29:36.108+13:00And what lefties don't understand is that soci...And what lefties don't understand is that social workers, PC police, and all the apparatus of the state <b>can never feel like this about kids</b><br /><br />What's even worse is that when the mum is on the DBP, or dad on the Dole <b>they don't feel this way about kids either</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com