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What do you think of this?

EliseB0323EliseB0323
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My county schools are having a "respite day" (stupid name) where grandparents and other relatives who are raising kids can drop the kids off for a day of supervised activities. It's free. I think they do it once or twice a year. The school FB page posted this and people are complaining about it. Comments are things like this:

"What about a respite day for PARENTS?"

"Another waste of my tax dollars!"

"So my child doesn't get to participate because she has responsible parents?"

WDYT?

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Re: What do you think of this?

  • DandRDandR

    wahh wahh, they should call the wahhhmbulance. 

    They CHOSE to be parents.  Grandparents most likely didn't "chose" to be raising grandchildren. 

     

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  • shopgirl_07shopgirl_07 member
    Yeah, must be so great for those kids who don't have parents, how lucky for them to have a respite day! Idiots.
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  • CleoKittyCleoKitty member

    I wonder if any tax dollars actually go into this event or if all the costs associated with it are donated/volunteered?

    Anyhow, it's too bad that some of those responsible parents lack a bit of compassion and empathy, IMO. 

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  • xbrooklyngrlxbrooklyngrl
     I don't know where you live but in NYC they seriously have issues with the board of education and if they spent tax dollars like that, people would flip.
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  • xbrooklyngrlxbrooklyngrl
    imageDandR:

    wahh wahh, they should call the wahhhmbulance. 

    They CHOSE to be parents.  Grandparents most likely didn't "chose" to be raising grandchildren. 

     

    good point!

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  • KrisBriMcBunnyKrisBriMcBunny member
    they are seriously lacking compassion.  Its becoming more and more common to see grandparents raising their grandchildren because their children chose NOT to.  And for the love of God its just 1 freaking day a year.
    Josh-10/1/87, Brittany 3/9/91, Mandi 7/26/92, Michelle 9/11/06 image I'M GRAPE JELLY- ALWAYS AROUND & ALWAYS THE SAME If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me. For I must be traveling on now. Because there are too many places I've got to see. -Allen Collins & Ronnie VanZant My favorite verse!
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  • elm1032004elm1032004

    I think it sounds like a neat program, however, If they are using tax dollars to pay for it than I can kind of see where the parents feel this way.  If you are a SAH parent and you don't have extra money for a sitter you might feel like "WTH, I could use a break too and my tax dollars are paying for this," especially with the current financial issues that are happening in many homes and towns across the country.

    If this is funded through donations and not tax dollars they should make that clear....

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  • summerbrideDCsummerbrideDC

    it's so sad that people think that way.  Where's the compassion for people who are struggling to raise their childrens' children?  Everyone is so concerned about themselves and who is taking advantage of them or their tax money that the human element behind a one-day program like this gets thrown out the window.  

    that just makes me sad.  

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  • 4Speedy4Speedy member

    Our county did the same thing up until last year.  The reason they could do it was because the funds were granted to them by The United Way.  The grant was not renewed this year so there are no respite days.

    And I find it laughable that same parents think there is any "unfairness" in this.  I find it funny that they think they deserve a break just as much as someone who garaciously accepts the challenge of raising someone else's children instead of enjoying their "golden" years.  Because it's exactly the same thing. LOL.

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