Friday 8 March 2024

'Gosh, How Unexpected' Said Nobody, Ever...

Actress and TV presenter Danielle Mason...
Sorry, Reader, no idea...
...claims her 12-year-old son, who has autism, hasn't been to school for over a year due to a lack of funding for his special educational needs - and says 'he'll never go back because his confidence has been knocked so much'. Mason, 41, who lives in Bracknell, says her son Rudy, who should be in Year Eight, has been declined a place at numerous schools in Berkshire after he was excluded 21 times from his last school, The Brakenhale School.

Twenty-one times...! 

Speaking to MailOnline, the mother-of-two claims that the schools 'cannot cope' with her son's EHCP [Education, Health and Care Plan] due to a 'lack of government funding' - and that he's received homework for the first time in a year this week. She says her daughter Delilah, who also has an EHCP due to mental health problems, is currently in Year Six at primary school, and has also failed to get a place at several senior schools.

Two children with mental health issues? Gosh, what are the odds?  

The mother claimed her son would be excluded for 'silly reasons' such as coming in wearing his trainers instead of his school shoes, while other days he was 'triggered' when the school couldn’t handle his needs properly.

But sweetie, those aren't 'silly reasons', are they? 

Danielle revealed it has become like a full-time job trying to find a place for her children's educational needs.

It's probably the only full-time job she's ever had. And she's failing at it miserably. 

7 comments:

Bucko said...

Look at me! Look at me! I'm a bad parent!

Penseivat said...

"...claimed her son would be excluded for "silly reasons" such as wearing his trainers instead of school shoes .... "
Her son, apparently suffering from some made up mental ailment,is 12. Doesn't this prima donna check what he is wearing before he goes to school?
She claims to be an actress, though I've never heard of her, and, as such, she has to be disciplined to perform certain roles. I would suggest that there may be a lack of discipline from her to her children. Perhaps she should think back to the last time she said "No" when her kids demanded something.

Andy5759 said...

We reap what they sow.

The Jannie said...

"It's someone else's fault" Repeat as necessary and ad infinitum . . .

Barbarus said...

Hope the children make it to adulthood without getting pushed into transgenderism.

ivan said...

This sounds like the typical 'no dad around' situation, always assuming the kids have the same father, so it is to be expected. There is no cure for this problem especially when the mother suffers from 'look at me'.

JuliaM said...

"Look at me! Look at me! I'm a bad parent!"

Yes, if this interview was filmed, that's what I'd put on the closed captions.

"Her son, apparently suffering from some made up mental ailment,is 12. Doesn't this prima donna check what he is wearing before he goes to school?"

She's probably still sleeping it off at that time.

"We reap what they sow."

That's sadly only too true. Future unemployable adults incoming!

""It's someone else's fault" Repeat as necessary and ad infinitum . . ."

Spot on!

"Hope the children make it to adulthood without getting pushed into transgenderism."

They are doomed even if they do, I suspect.

"There is no cure for this problem especially when the mother suffers from 'look at me'."

Perhaps that explains the Mystery of the Missing Father Figure...