This is not a joke! Britain is at war with children.
In one specific village called Firhall, children are being banned altogether. The reason: they’re too noisy. Residents are allowed to have a dog, but youngsters are not allowed to liv there, only visiting allowed.
A few decades ago, this situation would be unthikabe for most people, but not anymore. Now, it seems entirely reasonable.
In other instances, hotels and restaurants are banning or considering banning children because they have realized that they can often get more business if kids aren’t allowed in. Not only that, there are even adult-only trains, buses and planes. Not kidding!!
Additionally, childlessness is becoming a popular route for Britains. In the last 2o years, women who have chosen not to have more than doubled! Not only are they loud and constanly argue, they are expensive!!
In a recent suvey done by The Childfree Association, it was suggested that child now costs about $385,000 to raise.
This article focuses only on Britain but i see it as a notional trend. Chilren and their parents' relationship are becoming increasing isolated that its just sad/pathetic.
I mean, dont get me wrong, children do have their faults, but that does not mean people should stop having them. I see it as mostly the parent's fault if the child turns out messed up b/c they probably weren't raised correctly.I feel like parentling is becoming too lenient in some cases. Ive known parent who allow their chilren to experiment with drugs/sex. Ive known Parents who dont do anything when their children swear and get physical, in other other words, hit the parent. From my personal experience, parents who are good parents have respectable children.
More and more people will not have children. People who do want children will be discouraged by their neibors and family.
If this negativity from both sides continue, what hope is there for the new generation?
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This blog is just another take of the banning children from malls, and i find this really outrageous. These people that are complaining about children being to noisy or disrespectful must have forgotten that they were children once. Yeah i can understand that adults may get annoyed once in a while, but these adults need to see why these kids are annoying. These adults need to take the time and find out that it is, like jasmine said, maybe the parents fault. Also i don't find this economically helpful because children are a huge market. If restaurants, hotels, malls, and etc. ban children from their establishments then they are losing lots of business. Usually when parents take their children somewhere they spend more money because they have to feed their children and also children are always desiring something such as a toy or etc., and if you only allow adults in places they won't spend as much money because they are more cautious with their money. Really i think Britain is doing and unthinkable thing and needs to toss out this idea.
I am at a complete loss for words after reading about this! We all think of the elderly in a stereotypical way, imagining that grumpy old lady who "hates" kids. But a whole village of people like this seems crazy to me!
I went and looked up an article on this, and read a quote by Alan Walker, a Sheffield University professor of social policy and social gerontology, who talked about the relationship between the elderly and the young and how important that relationship is. I think today's society has come a long way from the age old "elders know best" way of thinking, but I still think that young people can (and should!) learn from their elders. If we live generationally-separated lives, we cannot hope to learn from other generations, and this, I think, would be detrimental. I think looking at the past is an excellent way to shape the future and to prevent the repetition of mistakes. By just talking to our grandparents or our adult neighbors, I think we can learn a lot.
I also think this should work both ways, that the older generations can learn from the younger ones. We've all experienced this when we've had to explain to our grandparents that the computer "window" is not something you look out of, and that little red "x" at the top of the screen will make the page disappear. My grandparents are like that, anyway. This example of teaching the older generations the ways of new technology may be strictly business, but I think relationships that make this sort of learning possible are important. To me, it seems ridiculous to separate generations simply because of a problem with noise level.
Maybe this is also a reflection on society today that the generations have grown apart and no longer care about being close to one another.
It's just sad to me that adults (at least adults in this village) decide to forfeit the relationship they should have with the younger generations. I know for me, who sees her grandparents once a year, I feel the relationship between the elderly and the young should be treated with more respect than it is. I sort of hold this relationship sacred, which I suppose is why this piece of news shocks me so much.
This is incredibly ridiculous. Is this even legal to do? How did this get passed?
The village of Firhall is making a huge mistake by banning children from residing in the town. Children are children; they need a home as much as anyone else does. To deny them of this NECESSITY is just cruel. Teenagers and adults are just as noisy and troublesome as children are, and yet they are allowed homes? It's completely outrageous. Granted, this is just one area of Britain that is being regarded, but if something like this is allowed, then what is to stop other villages or towns from banning children?
This really is legal, i looked up the actual village of Firhall confirm the statemeents in the article. Not only is it totally legal, but people are fighting over buying homes there. Many other towns are also thinking of taking this idea on.
I actually think its a good thing that in the last 20 years the amount of women who have chosen not to have children have doubled.
First of all, if you don't really want children, you definitely should not be having them.
Second, we are facing a tremendous epidemic of global overpopulation. If we continue at our current rate, the human population will have reached 8 billion by 2028, thats an increase of over a BILLION people in just 18 years!
As for the people in Firhall, I think it is a little strange that these communities are "banning" children, but I do see how it could possibly benefit them financially. However in my opinion, if you want to be surrounded by a bunch of elderly people, join a retirement home!
I can't believe what I have just read. I think this is ridiculous!!! I can't believe that in Britain, children are actually getting banned from public places. It makes me wonder if this is happening in other countries or if other countries are even thinking of putting this action into effect in their nations. It's like the story about banning teens from malls here in the United States. What has this world come to? Is it really necessary to take these things into consideration?
It's true, kids do have their faults, but it all comes down to parenting.
That comment by "ALICE" was by Alice Bebbington, just to be super clear.
Sorry, "ALICE" = Alice Bebbington, just to be clear!
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