tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post4357418587183283708..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: The brilliant van Beynen does it againLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-13708568708564512552016-10-17T08:36:26.506+13:002016-10-17T08:36:26.506+13:00Bad parenting is caused by welfare, which replaces...Bad parenting is caused by welfare, which replaces parents by the state. <br /><br />If parents choose not to love their children, there is nothing the government can do to replace that love. Nothing at all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-16532852323200985732016-10-15T09:22:19.428+13:002016-10-15T09:22:19.428+13:00If substantiated child abuse is a marker for '...If substantiated child abuse is a marker for 'bad parenting' the correlation between that and benefit dependency (usually single parent) is considerably stronger than the correlation between that and poverty.<br /><br />The point Collins was making is that poverty shouldn't be used as an excuse for bad parenting when the majority of income 'poor' parents do not abuse their children.<br /><br />If society keeps repeating the message that poverty is to blame for bad parenting then we will never persuade bad parents to take responsibility for their behaviour.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-36141407734886555942016-10-15T06:52:22.922+13:002016-10-15T06:52:22.922+13:00Talk to any cop or social worker and you will hear...<i>Talk to any cop or social worker and you will hear that bad parenting is the main reason for delinquency and youth crime.</i><br /><br />Well, duh. And it's just a complete coincidence that bad parenting is so strongly correlated with poverty and increases when poverty does, then? Psycho Milthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779500926576047736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-58176828563417100892016-10-14T19:13:23.327+13:002016-10-14T19:13:23.327+13:00His last four paragraphs are perfect.His last four paragraphs are perfect.Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.com