Monday 3 August 2009

Oh, This Doesn't Bode Well...

School nurses are receiving special training to deal with increasing numbers of pupils who are still in nappies.
Well, today's crop of young adults are already emotionally incontinent. I suppose we can look forward to a crop of youngsters who are actually incontinent to boot...

22 comments:

James Higham said...

It doesn't sound good either way.

JuliaM said...

No, it doesn't indeed...

Mike said...

arn't nappies disposable or am I showing my age?

JuliaM said...

Yes, and no.

Sue said...

OMG. Primary school?

I couldn't wait to get mine "trained", nappies are expensive and a pain!

What are parents doing these days? Aren't they interacting with their kids?

My daughter must be unusual then! She spends most of the day chatting, playing and generally enjoying her daughter!

JuliaM said...

"What are parents doing these days? Aren't they interacting with their kids?"

No. It seems some of them are going to considerable lengths not to interact with their children in any meaningful way.

The message 'You owe yourself 'you' time..' seems to have got through a little too well..

Fausty said...

Wow! Too busy to potty train your children? If so, they're too busy to have children. Did they learn all their skills from minders and teachers?

What's the point of having kids?

Ian B said...

When I got to the point where the parents, having not potty trained their children, have put the kids in a situation of having to have their nappies changed in school-- so another member of staff has to be there to be sure no abuse has occurred, I got to the banging my head on my desk.

What's also intriguing is that this isn't so much negligence as aerie-faerie twats who think you leave such basics "until the child is ready". You can imagine them sitting there having these earnest discussions with little Jemima Tinkerbell about how she feels about her poo.

AntiCitizenOne said...

OT
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/Child-given-police-warning-playing-tree/article-1216805-detail/article.html

Mike said...

So if the kids have used the nappies then they can put another one on. Preferably after disposing of the used one, right? I am feeling terribly old today. What is the teacher/nurse thing for?

Mike said...

btw JuliaM, not sure about your yes and no relpy.
What are you saying yes to?

Mike said...

sorry, I should explain there were no teachers or nurses at my school just bigger boys until I got to be as big as them and then they gave me a gun and a plane to fly so I must have skipped the poo lesson

Mike said...

oh, last comment for now, does anyone know the point of kids.
a decent sports car; about £50K
a house; £100K or more
a kid, on benefits, 0-18, for food, clothing, housing and education; lots.

Mike said...

A woman walked into the Dr's office with her husband. The Dr said I must do some tests and need a sample of number 1, number 2 and sperm. The woman said to her husband 'take of your pants'.

JuliaM said...

"What's also intriguing is that this isn't so much negligence as aerie-faerie twats who think you leave such basics "until the child is ready"."

Indeed. Which, with modern stay dry nappies, can take much longer than it used to, as they aren't uncomfortable when wet, or so an expert claimed on the radio yesterday.

"Btw JuliaM, not sure about your yes and no relpy"

Yes, nappies are disposable. No, you're not showing your age.

"does anyone know the point of kids."

They used to. They don't seem to now, regarding them as another disposal accessory to be gained on a whim...

JuliaM said...

"OT"

Oh, good grief!

Mike said...

OT? did you not like my joke? if so, terribly sorry
Good point about disposable children when were they invented again?

JuliaM said...

No, that was directed at AC1's example of PCSO controlfreakery.

Mike said...

again, sorry you didn't like my joke

Anonymous said...

@Sue:
"What are parents doing these days? Aren't they interacting with their kids?"

Unless there's Parenting on X-box or Nintento DS, the answer is no.

JuliaM said...

Maybe someone will create an iPhone app for it?

Mike said...

They did, it was called 'shake the baby' If a child can unwrap an iPhone for Christmas it can put a nappy on its head, arse where ever. If people want to wear nappies into thier adulthood who cares!
Walking around in shit filled pants for a day is not going to kill a child. It might just be the encouragement that child needs to find a way of cleaning itself up and changing into something else.