4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[stoice]

**Click** Truly shocking and very sad reflection of the attitude of some people today.

[Mutrix Farmers]

At least they get vegetables every Sunday!!

 

Doesn't this equate to child cruelty?

[Martin B]

 

Doesn't this equate to child cruelty?

 

Well I would think so..

[BarbaraJ]

 

Doesn't this equate to child cruelty?

 

Well I would think so..

 

i thought so!!! those babies don't look 8 mths more like 18!!

 

this just about sums it up

Leanne steers away from healthy foods in case it makes her tots anorexic

[Redwing]

What a great shame I am a large lady and eat a lot of rubbish in addition to healthy food however if I was to have a child I would never feed them rubbish, you owe it to them not to

 

Personally I don't buy the 'I'm too busy' line, it doesnt take any more time to prepare something healthy for them

[katieadams]

At least they get vegetables every Sunday!!

 

Doesn't this equate to child cruelty?

 

Yep - neglect, failing to give them the diet they need. If they're not somebody's client already they will be soon, poor things

 

What a great shame I am a large lady and eat a lot of rubbish in addition to healthy food however if I was to have a child I would never feed them rubbish, you owe it to them not to

 

Personally I don't buy the 'I'm too busy' line, it doesnt take any more time to prepare something healthy for them

 

Absolutely - I can do dinner for 4 from scratch in half an hour, and our average meal costs around the £3-4 mark (total, not each). Just takes a bit of thought and a tiny bit of effort and my little ones get way more than 5 a day (and they don't do without treats either, they're having popcorn with homemade toffee sauce right now!!)

[stoice]

Even beans on toast would be healthier that chips, burgers and readymeals and takes 3 minutes at the most.

The levels of salt in their (not so) little bodies must also be a worry

[Tessa the Duchess]

I couldn't sleep last night and ended up watching a repeat of a programme called 'Hospital'

which was about a hospital which specialised in treating very obese young people. The final resort, when all else failed, was to fit a gastric band. One young mother who was 28st had opted for the gastric band op and while she was undergoing the operation her entire extended, also very obese, family turned up to wait for her. While they were waiting they were all tucking into to a 'snack' of MacDonalds burgers and chips, these were also fed to a very young baby, maybe 11 months

 

Without being judgmental I don't think this is about 'cruelty' to children I think it is just sheer ignorance. Quite how these people can think this is ok behaviour after all the publicity on the telly lately about eating 'real' food is beyond me

[Egluntyne]

Not the best start in the world.

[The Dogmother]

Nor me.... I was wincing as I read it!

[Seagazer]

Oh dear, I would be really worried about the level of salt they are taking in.

 

I still don't use much salt when I'm cooking (left over from cooking for the kids when they were babies) and my youngest is 11.

 

Having takeaways etc is so much more expensive as well.

[fluffyknickers]

Disgusting, she needs educating on what she is doing. Very lazy.

 

This makes me very angry.

 

Michelle

[Egluntyne]

You would think, that with them being triplets, and all the attendant problems that accompany a multiple birth, that at the very least, the Health Visitor would have them on her radar.

[PurpleTree]

Ready meals and takeaways aren't always a cheap option. Maybe she needs to go on a basic cookery course, learn how to cook cheap, healthy, easy, quick meals. She uses instant mash potato, why when it's so easy to peel and boil a couple of potatoes? Ignorance I think. It says she lives with her mum now, you'd think she might give her a few pointers, unless she eats the same junk.

 

I feel guilty if my kids end up having something from the chinese or indian when we have a takeaway, usually the rice and chips and naan, although that's only now and then.

[bronze]

Personally I don't buy the 'I'm too busy' line, it doesnt take any more time to prepare something healthy for them

 

Neither do I. I might not have triplets but I am currently looking after four children on my own and they're eating properly

 

 

ps he hasnt left ..just away for work

[Cinnamon]

Ready meals and takeaways aren't always a cheap option. Maybe she needs to go on a basic cookery course, learn how to cook cheap, healthy, easy, quick meals. She uses instant mash potato, why when it's so easy to peel and boil a couple of potatoes? Ignorance I think. It says she lives with her mum now, you'd think she might give her a few pointers, unless she eats the same junk.

 

I feel guilty if my kids end up having something from the chinese or indian when we have a takeaway, usually the rice and chips and naan, although that's only now and then.

 

The thing is,having the skills has nothing to do with it.

She is feeding those children that rubbish because SHE SIMPLY CANNOT BE BOTHERED

It wouldn't matter if she was taught to cook,taught to shop, educated in some way.

She is a bad mother & a lazy moo,end of.

 

I am a big girl myself (ahem,not quite that big), but I pride myself on not resorting to junk fast food except for the very occasional fish & chips when my halo slips

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Agree with all the above .

 

How appropriate that her name is "Salt" .

 

A "68-strong team of medics" ? I'm surprised there was room round the bed for them all .

 

"She now dresses them just one day a week when she goes out to collect her dole money" - so not only can she not be bothered to feed them healthily, she can't be bothered to put clothes on them .

 

I wonder how accurate that reporting is - it's all a bit sensationalist .

[AJuff]

I couldn't sleep last night and ended up watching a repeat of a programme called 'Hospital'

which was about a hospital which specialised in treating very obese young people. The final resort, when all else failed, was to fit a gastric band. One young mother who was 28st had opted for the gastric band op and while she was undergoing the operation her entire extended, also very obese, family turned up to wait for her. While they were waiting they were all tucking into to a 'snack' of MacDonalds burgers and chips, these were also fed to a very young baby, maybe 11 months

 

Without being judgmental I don't think this is about 'cruelty' to children I think it is just sheer ignorance. Quite how these people can think this is ok behaviour after all the publicity on the telly lately about eating 'real' food is beyond me

 

I watched this programme too and was absolutely disgusted by what I saw. How do they afford to eat out so often? Why would they want to? Have they no self restraint? What have their parents taught them about food??

 

Bring back double lessons of food prep is what I say.

[chelsea]

Before I get into a major rant (about the state of this country & how its run) all I will say that we really need to sort out a system in this country where some who are on receipt of benefits should recieve them in voucher form to buy fruit, milk and vegetables etc so they cannot spend on cigarettes, drinks down the pub and takeaway food.

 

Im stopping now.

[Helly Welly]

When OH and I were first married, we ate quite a lot of processed food, not takeaways though and we still had fruit and veg. As soon as i became pregnant i bought some coobooks and we both taught ourselves to cook. Now we always cook, apart from the odd fish finger. There is no excuse and the health service needs to get straight onto her as the harm she is doing her children is enormous and cannot carry on.

[bluekarin]

Oh My God! I can't believe she is real!

 

“Anyway they don’t always have junk food — sometimes I cook a microwave meal."

 

 

And, as someone else has already pointed out, but I found this so incredible I had to post it again

 

Leanne steers away from healthy foods in case it makes her tots anorexic. She said: “I don’t want them to think they have to watch what they eat. I’ll tell them big is beautiful.”

 

I think she and her mum needs a good talking to, to point them in the right direction. The babies might be the correct weight for their age now, but give them a couple of years . . . .

[Looney]

This is a shocking article She knows that she isn't feeding them properly, the same as she knows she is overweight and therefore her diet (and their diet) isn't healthy.

 

I mostly cook from scratch for Bogwoppit although I refuse to get on the 'thou shalt only feed your child food made from scratch' bandwagon. He gets home made stuff about 90% of the time but pre-made baby food does have a place in our house, especially if I am dashing around or out all day and worried that home made food will go off. BUT these are foods designed for babies, no sugar, no salt etc certainly not junk food. I also buy things like rice cakes, baby biscuits, sugar-free fromage frais pots.....

 

If we are out and about and I need to find something to feed him on the hop then there are all sorts of alternatives to chips.....bananas, pitta bread, even a toasted teacake!

 

Every parent has to make decisions about how to raise their children but this article reflects how some people have no care about consequences of their actions....and dare I say it, a complete lack of care?

[Paola]

 

Doesn't this equate to child cruelty?

 

Well I would think so..

 

 

I am not sure if I am more shocked at the article or seeing Martin on the forum

[badgerbluebadger]

I can't belive this woman!

 

I treat my chickens better than she treats her kids.

 

My husband and I are waiting until we are more financially secure to have children and our lifesyles have slowed down a bit. MMM rant over very cross

[The Dogmother]

The thing is,having the skills has nothing to do with it.

She is feeding those children that rubbish because SHE SIMPLY CANNOT BE BOTHERED

It wouldn't matter if she was taught to cook,taught to shop, educated in some way.

She is a bad mother & a lazy moo,end of.

 

I am a big girl myself (ahem,not quite that big), but I pride myself on not resorting to junk fast food except for the very occasional fish & chips when my halo slips

 

I couldn't agree more Sarah, and the rest of my opinion is probably not repeatable

 

Most of us are working parents or stretched for time and we manage to do it. In a lot of cases education helps, but I agree that she comes across as just not being bothered - she's far more interested in spending her benefits on her fags etc than on ensuring that her children are well cared for. Perhaps I oughtn't to say this, but I hope that 'the social' see that article and 'give her some help'