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Robert Poste's Child

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> the woman on the train yesterday talking about

> going on a detox. Not the woman herself, but those

> who make and market this shite by reinforcing

> insecurities and body image ting. innit


Wasn't me, but don't knock it till you've tried it (a proper one though or you're wasting your money). Most people use the word detox to mean having a slightly less self-indulgent lifestyle for a bit. The real thing is nothing to do with body image. I can't bear the words 'pampering, 'spa' or 'me time', either - if you ask me that's what's leading to five-year-olds arriving at school still in nappies and unable to have a conversation.

Otta

Otta

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Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> I can't bear the words 'pampering,

> 'spa' or 'me time', either - if you ask me that's

> what's leading to five-year-olds arriving at

> school still in nappies and unable to have a

> conversation.



The only 5 year olds I've ever seen like that have special needs.

Robert Poste's Child

Robert Poste's Child

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Otta Wrote:

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> Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> -----

> > I can't bear the words 'pampering,

> > 'spa' or 'me time', either - if you ask me

> that's

> > what's leading to five-year-olds arriving at

> > school still in nappies and unable to have a

> > conversation.

>

>

> The only 5 year olds I've ever seen like that have

> special needs.


It's always a news item at the start of each school year.


I'm not sure detoxify is the right word anyway as it's not really about toxins and there's more involved than your liver...

Otta

Otta

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Found this frpm the Independent (under all the Mail links).


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hundreds-of-children-over-the-age-of-5-are-sent-to-school-wearing-nappies--and-teenagers-as-old-as-15-cant-use-the-toilet-on-their-own-9295290.html


It says


The survey of 602 teachers in primary schools and 561 teachers in secondary schools found that pupils as old as 15 were not toilet trained, despite having no medical conditions or developmental issues.


Nine per cent - almost one in 10 head teachers and senior staff - said that a child aged between five and seven had come to school wearing a nappy in the past year. The figure was five per cent for classroom teachers.


If the figure is representative of schools across England, it could mean that up to 1,600 of the 16,000 primary schools in the country have at least one pupil over the age of five still wearing a nappy.



What that shows me is that it's full of ifs and maybes and is based on the word of teachers, a lot of whom don't think much of the parents and also wouldn't have a clue what the kids in their class are wearing.


It also says that a kid may have come to school in the last year in a nappy. That is a world away from wearing nappies every day. It could suggest that a kid was sent in with dodgy guts one day in the school year.

Earl Aelfheah

Earl Aelfheah

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Otta Wrote:

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> Nine per cent - almost one in 10 head teachers and

> senior staff - said that a child aged between five

> and seven had come to school wearing a nappy in

> the past year. The figure was five per cent for

> classroom teachers.


5 per cent of classroom teachers come to school wearing a nappy?

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