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Deborahmac09 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1619	Homeless mother Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:13pm Media is calling her a homeless mother. But the children's father has offered to care for them, and she would rather keep them with her in a tent. http://player.video.news.com.au/perthnow/#FkK_h9SBUbvWcc6745_QO4VNp0r4Q6nS
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aussiefree2ride Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3538	Re: Homeless mother Reply #1 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:39pm The welfare of the kids is paramount. "Parents" should be shot for using the kids as a punishment / power / ego trip against their exes.
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Deborahmac09 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1619	Re: Homeless mother Reply #2 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:42pm Right aussie, she needed to think about and do what is best for her children.
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Reply #3 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:43pm

It's hard to say, we don't really know the full story. Why did she leave her husband etc? I've been involved with homeless people and it's usually never clean cut.
One and two nights emergency accommodation is retarded. I'd rather settle into tent life than sit most of the day at the emergency accommodation office/Centrelink for a bed for one night, then repeat it day after day, week after week, even month after month. No way, how degrading.

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Deborahmac09 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1619	Re: Homeless mother Reply #4 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:46pm I agree pansi, two nights emergency accommodation is retarded. But as a mother you have to do what is best for your children. It is hard for me to believe that sleeping in a tent could be considered best for the children. (well maybe it would be a bit more acceptable in warmer weather)
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qikvtec Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1846 Queensland	Re: Homeless mother Reply #5 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:53pm aussiefree2ride wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:39pm: The welfare of the kids is paramount. "Parents" should be shot for using the kids as a punishment / power / ego trip against their exes. As a kid on the receiving end of that treatment I concur; should carry a mandatory jail term.
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Reply #6 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:35pm

Deborahmac09 wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:46pm:

I agree pansi, two nights emergency accommodation is retarded. But
as a mother you have to do what is best for your children. It is hard for me to believe that sleeping in a tent could be considered best for the children. (well maybe it would be a bit more acceptable in warmer weather)

If she has to move back into the tent when the emergency accommodation runs dry, it will probably have a worse effect on the children ie a nice comfy bed for two nights then back into the tent, that messes with their heads and it's cruel. We don't know the situation, maybe the mother does know what's best for her children.

It could be the media's intention to show them her a bad light, for entertainment value.

I never take anything the media says on face value.

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Reply #7 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:38pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:35pm:

Deborahmac09 wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:46pm:

I agree pansi, two nights emergency accommodation is retarded. But
as a mother you have to do what is best for your children. It is hard for me to believe that sleeping in a tent could be considered best for the children. (well maybe it would be a bit more acceptable in warmer weather)

If she has to move back into the tent when the emergency accommodation runs dry, it will probably have a worse effect on the children ie a nice comfy bed for two nights then back into the tent, that messes with their heads and it's cruel. We don't know the situation, maybe the mother does know what's best for her children.

It could be the media's intention to show them her a bad light, for entertainment value.

I never take anything the media says on face value.

You could always reshuffle the facts until it`s all the bloke`s fault.
Novel suggestion.

hope this helps

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Reply #8 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:58pm

aussiefree2ride wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:38pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:35pm:

Deborahmac09 wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:46pm:

I agree pansi, two nights emergency accommodation is retarded. But
as a mother you have to do what is best for your children. It is hard for me to believe that sleeping in a tent could be considered best for the children. (well maybe it would be a bit more acceptable in warmer weather)

If she has to move back into the tent when the emergency accommodation runs dry, it will probably have a worse effect on the children ie a nice comfy bed for two nights then back into the tent, that messes with their heads and it's cruel. We don't know the situation, maybe the mother does know what's best for her children.

It could be the media's intention to show them her a bad light, for entertainment value.

I never take anything the media says on face value.

You could always reshuffle the facts until it`s all the bloke`s fault.
Novel suggestion.

hope this helps

Are you feeling guilty aussie? I never mentioned the bloke.

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Reply #9 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 3:19pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:35pm:

Deborahmac09 wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:46pm:

I agree pansi, two nights emergency accommodation is retarded. But
as a mother you have to do what is best for your children. It is hard for me to believe that sleeping in a tent could be considered best for the children. (well maybe it would be a bit more acceptable in warmer weather)

If she has to move back into the tent when the emergency accommodation runs dry, it will probably have a worse effect on the children ie a nice comfy bed for two nights then back into the tent, that messes with their heads and it's cruel. We don't know the situation, maybe the mother does know what's best for her children.

It could be the media's intention to show them her a bad light, for entertainment value.

I never take anything the media says on face value.

True, but what if it is just a matter of her swallowing her pride for the sake of her children? Sister in law did say that they had somewhere to go. You are right, we do not know the whole story. But if there is anywhere else for those children to be, then they should not be sleeping in a tent.

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Deborahmac09 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1619	Re: Homeless mother Reply #10 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 7:06pm she was camping at her mothers former homeswest home. Homeswest have let her move into the house. But it is short term.
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Reply #11 - Sep 15^th, 2010 at 7:49pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:58pm:

aussiefree2ride wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:38pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 2:35pm:

Deborahmac09 wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 1:46pm:

I agree pansi, two nights emergency accommodation is retarded. But
as a mother you have to do what is best for your children. It is hard for me to believe that sleeping in a tent could be considered best for the children. (well maybe it would be a bit more acceptable in warmer weather)

If she has to move back into the tent when the emergency accommodation runs dry, it will probably have a worse effect on the children ie a nice comfy bed for two nights then back into the tent, that messes with their heads and it's cruel. We don't know the situation, maybe the mother does know what's best for her children.

It could be the media's intention to show them her a bad light, for entertainment value.

I never take anything the media says on face value.

You could always reshuffle the facts until it`s all the bloke`s fault.
Novel suggestion.

hope this helps

Are you feeling guilty aussie? I never mentioned the bloke.

Wherever do you get these ideas Pansi? Guilty? Why would I feel guilty?

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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: Homeless mother Reply #12 - Sep 16^th, 2010 at 6:40am <<Wherever do you get these ideas Pansi? Guilty? Why would I feel guilty? >> ................................................................................ .................. Just an observation, sometimes people are when they try to defend something that needs no defence.
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Reply #13 - Sep 16^th, 2010 at 12:59pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Sep 16^th, 2010 at 6:40am:

<<Wherever do you get these ideas Pansi? Guilty? Why would I feel guilty? >>
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Just an observation, sometimes people are when they try to defend something that needs no defence.

I wasn`t being defensive petal, you were. Kiss

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