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Interesting that this thread has been bumped today - listening to the Today programme - for the Americans, this is a morning programme on BBC Radio 4 which keeps track of the state of the British hedgerows and any misuses of English grammar in parliament, I overheard an interview with John Bird, founder of the Big Issue - for the Americans, the Big Issue is a British magazine sold by the homeless - although these days I get mine ordered from Sainsburys. He was explaining that many people selling the Big Issue had been raised in care after their parents had proved unable to cope with them, and having been ejected by the are system had nowhere to go and nothing to do but live on the streets. He stressed the importance of parents looking after their children, talking to them and spending time with them, and worried that in a generation's time this generation's children will become alienated and alienating parents.
To which the interviewer responded "But aren't you worried about being accused of politically correct parenting?"
Of all the concerns raised - children in care, children being abandoned, children being put on the conveyor belt to homelessness almost at birth, the interviewer felt that what John Bird should really be worried about is that he might be called politically correct.
Bird's response, quite sensibly, was "I don't care". Clearly, however, others do. |
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