Ouch, so this headline stood out to me today in The Sun: OK not being funny but if she wants to provide “more” for her kids, then maybe she should get off her lazy ass and go and get a job?
You see this annoys me, if there are reasons she can not work then I will hold my hands up but as far as the statement shows me, the fact she has 10 kids is the reason why she does not work. Sorry but children do not stop you from working, they should be the reason you want to work, to provide for them, to set a good example.
Yes I await the many comments from unemployed mums slating me and declaring – I can not work, I have a child, I can not afford to work, I need to be home with my baby, yes every excuse in the book that I have heard before. I am not working due to a shrink saying so, that does not mean I sit on my ass everyday, no I help hundreds a day and I write this blog, no, it pays nothing but at least I can say I am doing something for the community! I can tell my kids I am doing something to help others. If only I did get paid to do it! I am actually starting to dread when I can go back to work, as I will have to give all this up!
If she can not afford to provide ” The lifestyle that they deserve”, why the hell did she have 10 kids, maybe she needs to cross her legs before she decides to have any more?
She says she needs extra handouts to give her kids a “lifestyle they deserve”.
Jobless Moira Pearce’s £600-a-week income includes child benefit, child tax credit and income support.
Payments … weekly income
Her housing costs are covered by the local council.
She has seven daughters and three sons by four different dads – Kayleigh, 17, Jamie, 16, Chloe, 13, Tyler, ten, Shania, six, Blade, five, Shonna, four, Candice, three, Chardonnaie, two, and Maxy-Jane, one.
Moira, 34, said: “All I want is to provide for them. I’m struggling. I’ve asked the Salvation Army for clothes and toys but haven’t had a response. I just don’t think I get enough money. I cope with what I get but I need more help.
“All I want is a few hand-me-downs. If I had another £120 a month I’d be able to buy them clothes myself.”
Greedy Moira lives in a three-bedroom home in Gillingham, Kent. She said she spends around £300 a week at the supermarket alone. source
I await your replies in anticipation …
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so why cant the 17 and 16 yr olds have part time (or full time now its summer hols) jobs and contribute towards the house?? OH I KNOW- bcoz mum set a bad example- they think they dont av to work bcoz it will get handed to them on a plate just like mums money! she needs to kick them into touch (not literally) and get them to contribuet towards the household- maybe they cud babysit for the younger kids so mum cud get a job for example??
I see your point in contributing towards the house and that, but is it there fault that their mum keeps reproducing without reproducing the funds to care for the kids. xx
I like this idea! I was brought up in a working family & I thank my parents, as they taught me the value of hard work! I worked at a kennel/cattery during the school holidays at 14! When I was 16, I was at college 5 days a week doing my diploma & then I worked on a saturday & sunday, also on my half day on a friday..I never had a day off & paid money to my parents as I lived under their roof…I was taught you don’t get something for nothing & you have to work for it! Thank god for the parents I had, they set a fabulous example for me that I hope I can pass on to my children xx
another thought that my hubby just gave me- surely they have an adequate level of ‘life’ and care etc, otherwise social services would be involved…..so surely this actually boils down to nothing more than greed- she can go look in the charity shops for clothes and toys etc nice and cheap and fair quality? if they didnt have an adequate amount of toys/clothes etc, then social services would be looking at them as a family in need and be providing support etc………
obviously with 10 kids there is no way she could get a job, but surely if you was planning on that many kids u would at least save money first or just have a few so u could still go to work?
i wouldnt think about having that many kids unless i knew i could financially support all of them x
what i dont get is u have 6 kids emma and still manage to run your own buisness and help all of us lot out on here! if u can do it then so can she x
im a single mum but i dont ask for charity yes im on benifits but i wouldnt ask for anything more
i can not believe how angry this has made me!! i’m a single mum to a 6 yr old and i currently dont work, although i am activly seeking a job. i live on benefits, and yes its hard but you make the best of it and be greatfull that tax payers money is payin to help raise your children. i struggle every week, so i go without to provide for my daughter, i dont complain that i think i should get more money!! it was me choice to have a child, as it was her choice to have 10. my message to this woman: dont like the system?? put somethin on the end of it because you’re no more special than the other millions of single parents or parents on benefits. if you want to live on benefits and not work then, i’m sorry but, your children will just have to live a lifestyle you can afford, not one you have decided you want!!
hear hear xx
I have 4 kids and no i dont work, but i would not ask for handouts for my kids, i make sure my kids have clothes and they know if they want something they will get it wen i can afford it, I save for things or i go to charity shops and get bits, im not afriad to say i go to them, kids grow so fast so instead of spending loads on clothes ive often gone to them or i wait for sales in shops and then go
this really peed me off last night when i read it in the paper. i mean i can understand why some women do not go to work after having a child, a few of my friends are better off out of a job and on benefits than they are in a job and earning and childcare is very expensive. i myself have not worked since getting pregnant with my 4yr old in 2006, this is due to the nhs sacking me for being pregnant, however i have recently started my own business and i am trying to make money that way. i have never expected benefits or hand outs. i think this woman is selfish. 10children at the age of 34, that is just ridiculous. this is why i get angry. i have my 4yr old and am currently pregnant but have struggled to conceive and throughout my struggles i have seen so many non working families with humpteen kids complaining how they can’t cope and need more money yet it’s funny how they have a 60inch tv and designer clothes on, christ the best i can afford is primark. simple solution though, don’t have so many, unless your a millionaire there is no way you could comfortably accomadate 10 children or more, not just on a financial side but also giving time as a parent. how can she give each of those children a decent amount of child to parent time. she certainly does not set a good example for them, thank god she is sterilised, she needs to go out and get a job or if she can’t work budget wisely instead of expecting charity. i myself do not lead a life of luxury, thanks to my husband we are buggered financially but i would never expect to get handouts. we make do with what we have and budget wisely. i can’t get the best of everything for my children but i try my hardest by both of them to give them what they need and they have it, be it brand new bargains or 2nd hand bargains. she made the decision to keep having child after child and i bet it was for the sake of benefits not for the love of children. she is a disgrace to this country.
Ouch I have 6 & I can assure you all 6 of my children get quality individual time …
oh i am not saying that you don’t give them equal amounts of time. obviously the more childrent there are the less time you can give them in general but it is going to be harder basically being a single mum or if it’s the type of parents who spend all day at the computer playing online bingo, poker etc. i know of some parents who favour one child and spend all their time with that child. my husband is 1 of 5 kids and he was bypassed along with 1other sibling. he has always been left out. i myself was a left out child once my sister was born. my mum treated me like i didn’t matter. where i live there are many parents who have 2 or 3 kids and send them out on the street to play all the time as they want to smoke and play online all day.
omg this lady makes my blood boil, if only I had £30k a year & had all my rent paid for me! I’m at home at the moment, but my partner works a full 45hrs a week to provide for us…he comes home with £1000 a month after tax and I have £300 from tax credits & child benefit..now we pay all £500 of our monthly rent & all out council tax & utilties…it feeds & clothes us each month! Yes, we can’t afford holidays, we haven’t been away in 6 years, we can’t afford the latest technology or designer clothes! We shop in asda for food & clothes but who gives a hoot! If I wanted the finer things then I wouldn’t be expecting the tax payers or charities to foot the bill, I would go out to work for it myself as that is the message I would want to send to my 2 children…you want something, you have to work your butt off for it! Now, I have nothing against people on benefits, sometimes the situation calls for it and all depends on what their circumstances are as many don’t have the choice! But this lady annoys me, whilst everyone else in this world is struggling to get by in tough times, she decides to insult people struggling by each month & asking for help! Nothing against big families, have all the kids you want..but if you can’t afford to provide for them, then cross your legs!! I don’t get the ‘lifestyle we deserve’ I don’t think many of us do, we all have to make do with the cards we’ve been dealt!! xxx
how bloody dare she?? im not being funny but im a single mum an yeah whilst it would be nice to have a few extra pound every week i would never beg for stuff for free. my son has every thing he needs, food, clothes, a house to live in an toys. yeah i struggle an yes i could go back to work but i choose not to as at the minute my son is currently awaiting an operation on his ears. once her youngest goes to school theres no reason, unless medically unfit for this woman not to go to work 16+ hours a week
shes saying she cant work but she only has four possibly 5 below school age. for the fact that some of us struggle and struggle with what we are already given and she wants more?? if you cant provide for them she should have thought about it more
didnt mean to put ‘only has’ meant that so many of the children are at school so she could in theory manage something.
this is shocking!!x
Wow… She’s the same age as me – I’m trying to imagine what it would be like to have 10 kids with only 30k to live on and I’m a little baffled.
Tell me – why can’t the eldest two get a job and help out at home?
Why can’t she get a work from home job like being an Avon lady?
Why would you complain about the amount of free handouts you get?
I’ve been a single mum – it’s not fun, but I don’t expect handouts – I worked my butt off 9-5 and my entire life was rushing to childminders, then work, then back to childminders then home, rushing dinner then putting my son to bed to make sure I had enough money to pay bills and give him food for those years. Now? I’m not working, I’m being there for my son to catchup on time not spent with him before and expecting my second child with my current partner. We aren’t rich, but I’m not claiming benefits and what worries me most is the message this is sending out to those 10 children about how best to get free money. How long before they get pregnant and put their name on the housing list?
There’s nothing wrong with having a high number of children but being responsible for your actions and socially responsible is more important for them and for future generations. In this case, maybe she would be better off getting the snip now if she cannot take responsibility for those little ones.
im sure on that amout of income, with out hving to pay rent, she has more then enough to buy new clothes… if not then where the hell is all that money going. even so, im sure she can afford 20-50p an item at car boot sales, toys are only £1-£2 aswell. and im sure she doesnt need to be spending £300 a week on shopping, i know i only have a small family of 3, but we can do our shop on £40 aweek. making that about £160 aweek if i had a family of 12. ppl should be greatful for wht they do get, aterall if they put nothing into the system, why should the get a free income out of it. but they do, which is good for the familys that dont take advatage, but far to many familys do.
i no right for me and my son i spend £60-80 a month on shopping and some time we have enough left over to go another 2 weeks with bare minimum top ups from corner shop £300 a week is rediculos xx
This has really wound me up! It’s disgusting! Surely the older two can get a job and help out? And what’s stopping mum getting an avon job or similiar? grrr, what a pisstake she is! x
yeah what is to stop her from working from home whilst looking after her children and spending her precious money oh wait I mean our precious money, really glad Im paying taxes so that she can have an ‘amazing lifestyle’ xx
i read this in the paper ten mins ago.
I have five kids.
My oh works full time.9-6. Five days a week. He gets 3p obove min pay.
Our kids are 10,8,6,3 and 1.
We get £250 a week tax credits and £69 child benefit and £770 pm wages. We pay our rent which is £550 pm and bills and food and don’t have a lot left BUT we do our best to give our kids everything they need.
They never go hungry, they are clothed and happy and healthy. and thats all that matters.
My oh and I decided that I wouldn’t work till my baby goes nursery so that they would have someone with them all the time in the youngest years.
Then in two years I will actively find a job, when im not needed as a mum during school time.
Sure it gets hard sometimes, bills come up you can’t always plan for but we don’t own a credit card and only borrow money if desperate and its paid back within two weeks.
We don’t get anywhere near what this woman gets and tbh I think she’s milking it for what she can.
I may not work in the literal sense but I’m the one who mostly brings my kids up, I keep the house running and take care of everything else. Thats my job for now. I don’t get paid for it and i work long hours and with no holidays or breaks unless I nip to the loo or have a shower.
Her excuses are silly, and insulting to those who do work , who go out and earn their money.
Two years from now ill be able to say I pay my way.
Maybe someone should teach her to budget, so she wouldn’t need as much anyway.
I salute you and your other half for taking responsibility for your own family. I also agree with all your post. x
I’m a mum of 2 living with my partner and we both work… My children go 2 private nursery which we pay out of our wages as we get harldey nothing in ctc and wtc…. I was brought up in a working family and will bring my children up the same way! I work for the things I have got in my house and if I need anything I save up!!! I wish I had £600 a week to live on. She needs steralising. I think there should be a cap on benefits for children cause people will just keep on having them so they can claim more money and it really annoys me! She should be made to go 2 work and if she don’t then her benefits stopped! Arrgghhh I’m so mad after reading this! X
Also hate it when ppk say oh I wanna be a stay at home mum so I don’t miss those big milestones in my babys lift ie walking rolling crawling talking and stuff I’m sorry but its total rubbish… My 1st son went to nursery from being 6 months old and I NEVER missed any of his “1sts”
i think some women just don’t want to miss out on their baby’s 1st years full stop. they do grow up so fast. i wouldn’t have liked to have sent my daughter to nursery from a young age, i would have felt upset about someone else bringing her up more than myself. i have a friend who is a nanny and she has looked after children who’s parents have missed out on so much, so much so that my friend takes photos to give to the parents so they can at least have a photo of their achievements. she is having to miss out on time with her own daughter which she doesn’t like. when my own daughter turned 2 i did look into getting a job but when i worked out childcare costs and petrol to and from work it worked out that i would be working for nothing, around £10 a day which is nothing really when working full time, even when the 15hrs free came in, to get an extra 15hrs paid care was £86pw roughly and i thought why work for so little when i can be there for my daughter for a few more months. i couldn’t even get a night job as my husband works often past 8pm as he goes pretty much everywhere in the country and he gets up at 5am every morning and also does call outs so obviously if i was working and he got called out it would be illegal to take our daughter and his boss has called him out at 1.30 am. in the end i decided i wanted to set up my own business but i had not had the money. i have now just recently started up my own business after getting some cashback on my mobile contract to earn money so that i can still care for my daughter and the daughter i am expecting in october along with sorting out the house and running errands for my dad.
Hmm, if she cannot provide for her children then why the f** does she have them. Surely after the 8th or 9th she would have realized she wouldn’t be able to support any more! Nice age range there, no excuse not to get a job. The 17 year old can get a job and the 16 and 13 year old babysit the rest, sorted. Just pure laziness, if she doesn’t want to try and help herself why should everyone else!
No I don’t work but will be soon, my little lady is still under 1 and I want to spend time with her. There comes a point where people just take the biscuit! xx
The worse thing is she’s still getting free money! I could go on and on about this topic because it’s so infuriating. But there are people out there who have less and just deal with it or get a job.
I’d just like to point out to the many who are saying she’s greedy for this… £30k a year does NOT make one rich, and £300 a week for 11 people is not a great amount to be spending on food.
Let’s face it, it’s not practical financially for her to get a job. Around here childminder’s fees are around £3.50 per hour… anyone else heard of a job that pays more than £35 an hour? And can you imagine how much it would cost for her to travel with the children anywhere? It wouldn’t be worth her having a job if she couldn’t cover her outgoings which, as a mother of 10 must be astronomical!
It’s nobodies business how many children she has, it’s really up to her. We all know it can be expensive raising children and even though she’s on benefits there’s bound to be a lot she still has to pay for, and when you have to pay for things ten times over every time I assume there is indeed a lot that she can’t afford to do/let her kids do.
That being said, I imagine the SA’s hands are already full, what with donating to the legions of people who are more vulnerable than her and her children – the homeless for example!
I am a single working mother of one and I cannot believe that this mother has the cheek to ask for more money. I disagree that it should cost her £300 a week for food. £600 a week to feed & clothe your 10 kids etc in my opinion is plenty. This woman obviously doesn’t know how to budget. I work in a residential home where the budget is £220 a week for food shopping for 12 adults which believe me is plenty to provide a balanced and varied diet. I agree that it would be hard for her to support for her family, however, she should of thought about that before having so many children. I would like to know if any of the four fathers are paying child maintenance as she would not have her benefits reduce if they were, these days you get to keep the lot.
I feel I should also say – at 16 and 17, the eldest two may well still be in full time education which is their choice – while they could have jobs for the moment they wouldn’t be able to get a permanent job and they’d be just two of the many going for the handful of seasonal jobs out there!
i had a paper round at 14, i got a weekend job at bhs when i was 16. When i was doing my a-levels i still worked 20 hours a week in restaurants (i passed them by the way and got accepted to uni). There is absolutely no reason why a 16 and 17 year old cannot get permanent weekend jobs. Many restaurants/high street shops/supermarkets want permanent weekend staff as it’s their busiest time. I turn 30 next month and i have been out of work for a grand total of 2 months since i was 14 (i have had many jobs in that time), the only seasonal work i’ve done is to make some extra cash if needed. This woman lives in gillingham in kent, it has shops/businesses that operate all yhear round and is not a touristy area. now if this woman lived in torquay or skegness etc i might agree that there isn’t enough permanent work and it’s mainly seasonal work but this isn’t the case for areas like gillingham.
I started to read the story in the paper but stopped coz I got annoyed. How dare she complain at the amount of money she gets. She chose to hav 10 kids, she needs to deal with it. Why can’t her or her partner get a job? It infuriates me that she wants more than 600 a week! Some people cone out with that after a full month at work!
I bet they hav all the expensive tvs & games consoles and I’m sure they do t go without. I was 15 when I started part time work after school and used to buy my own clothes make up etc, so tell me why ain’t her eldest 2 doing this?
As for asking the salvation army, they probably havnt responded to her pleas for clothes & toys coz there are more deserving people out there that actually need their help rather than greedy so & Sos who don’t want to work & still expect everyone to help them out.
Okay I must add in my few cents worth – I am Canadian and not quite sure about the conversion however, two of her children are old enough to get a part time job for goodness sake! Seriously I have 8 children and although I don’t work I am fortunate that my husband makes a decent salary so that we are comfortable than most. IF for some reason I needed to go back to work I would – I have skills. That is ridiculous as far as I am concerned. And yes perhaps she should have kept her legs crossed LOL You don’t just go off having so many children with no income to support it.
she dont shop about then for her shopping i am sure she could get it down from 300 and maybe her and her 2 older kids should have a job there is no need reading things like this pisses me off coz it gives ppl on benfits a bad name she should not have had all her kids if she cant give them what she wants but then there is the word she cant give them WHAT SHE WANTS not what they need
I wanted to slap this woman, seriously, and that doesn’t happen often. She blatantly said only 4 of her 10kids were planned so all i can say is thank god they sterilized her last year (may i add only after they told her having more kids would probably cripple her). Where is the child support from the 4 fathers of these 10 kids? why isn’t the 19 yhear old bloke she has living with her (her boyfriend) not getting off his arse and trying to find work? Why the hell doesn’t she grow up and realise the world doesn’t owe her a living and she should start taking responsibility for her own life.
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alot of people are saying the older 2 should get jobs. what i they are in full itme education still, even if they did have jobs, at that age, as i did while going to collage, i had a sat job, and an evening job, but i had to give that up as i was finding going to collage then straight to work till 10pm, and working sat and sunday just far to much, i wasnt getting paid much. but eve if they are doing that, why should they pay for the rest of the children their mum has decided to have. the responsibility shouldt fall on them.
My view is simple…..don’t plan kids if your on benefits!If your pregnant+your circumstances change so you need benefits then fine but planning a child+being on benefits to me is just sponging off everyone else……I received some benefits but I’ve always worked since I was 15+when lo was born I still started working for my dad from home……think she was 6wks old when I started doing his paperwork!Some are not that lucky but I was working until 35wks pregnant+became a single mum at 38wks so had to choice to claim ttc/wtc+hb!If I was still on them now I would never plan another child!Why should other people pay for your children just because you want to have more?!I was on them for 15months until my OH moved in+my dad increased my paperwork meaning I earnt more!So in some circumstances+people who can’t change they’re situations then that’s what benefits are there for……not people like this woman!Find it disgusting!I’d never want to see a child suffer but I hope to god all this stops in a way that doesn’t plunge people into poverty!I’d say sorry if I offend but that’s how I feel!
some people on benifits ont plan preganacy it just happens. my mums an example of that I wasnt planned my mum was actually looking at going back in to work when she got caught with me she had been on benifits for 6 months after loosing her job due to redundancys at the company she worked for. i dont think its fair you saying that women on benifits shouldnt paln or have babies. sometimes things just happen. i am a single mum currently on benifits have been for 3 years, no i dont want to be where i am right now, but with my sons health i have no other choice but to live like this, and yes if i was to get pregnant again id be happy it may be a bit more of a struggle but we would survive. not having a go or anything but things happen and in some circumstances it cant be helped. yes i agree this woman takes the piss and gives others on benifits an extremely bad name. but theres women on benifits out there like me who really cant help the situation xx
wow this story really shocked me I believe yes 10 children plus mum must be hard but to live of £600 a week must be do able because if it wasnt the government would access the amount she recieved.I think maybe if she needs help of others maybe she needs to cut back on her spends maybe ask the two oldest to go out and get a part time summer job.The article doesnt explain what she spends the rest of the money she recieves is spent on but surely if shes on income support the youngest would be gettin free school dinners ??.She needs to realise there is people who are in difficult situations worse than hers.She doesnt have to pay rent or council tax so maybe she needs to budget a little better and surely with 10 children she would have hand me downs from her other children.
Ok i dont know what to say…1st of all just because ones mother did not have a job does not mean it passes on like some herediary Thing!! My mum has been a single mum to me & my brother & sister for Like ever she has been in and out of work and at times we did go without because we just could not afford things!!…we all wish we could provide everything for our kids and at times we just cant weather we have jobs or not!! I am a single mum to 3 kids 8,1 & 11 months im on benefits and believe me its not some easy ride like everyone thinks its very hard infact i did not plan things this way i dont think anybody does all she gets is what she is entitled too its not her fault so why judge her!? Blame the goverment but like us all she is a mother just trying to do the best for her HUUUGE family
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This annoyed me so much. Firstly so what if the 16 and 17 year old are in full time education. My mum was a single mum and disabled money was tight but I never went without. I babysat from the age of 13 for my neighbours at 14 I worked as a waitress in a coffee shop until 16 when I got my first job in poundland which I continued to work at until I finished college and got my first full time job so no excuses there. As for the mother I’m sorry but my mum worked from home when I was younger, stuffing enevelopes, making washing machine parts (I loved helping with this lol) anything she could do to support us. Charity shops are fab you just have to hunt out the bargains and car boot sales too. Sorry but your kids you provide for them and instill some pride in them too xx
It would seem that she believes the world owes her, and intends to collect.
I’m pretty sure if she budgeted then she would do better with money.
We all want nice things but sometimes its more important to pay bills and eat.
The picture of her in the paper doesn’t exactly portray her as skint and struggling, she Olls smug .
Her kids are HER responcibility so she needs to take that and show them what a working parent is.
They will learn from her and have no respect.
Secondly to the lady who said on this thread that she hates women who say they are a stay at home mummy so they dont miss milestones I would say that’s a very unfair comment. I stay at home to be with my son. He’s our last child and these first years with him I am never going to have back or be able to do it again. I’m glad you never missed anything with your Lo but that was probably down to luck than anything else and its unfair for you to imply that’s not a good enough reason to stay home.
i think its discusting her basicaly begging for hand me downs if she knew she coudnt afford to look after 10 kids then she shunt off ad them end off. im staying at home with my daughter then when she starts nursery im off to collage to finish ma hair n beauty. ma partner has onli just got a job after looking for a yr and half. we was both working wen i fell preg but oh got let go wen i was 4months preg now 19months. and i carried on until i left to have baby and they got sum1 to take over my place then made them full time so i dint have a job to go back to. i think its ok for mums to stay at home aslong as other half is working. i used to be on benifits and i know its hard wen got lil uns so i aint guna dis ppl that are on em coz ive bin there. bt i think its ridiculous how shes goin about it. nowhere is guna give er hand me downs as theres ppl out there that r on streets ect with no money at all and its her own doin she shud get intouch with there dads n get them to buy em clothes. some ppl have kids after kids to get more money from the social n thats not rite either x
theres a family that live up the road from my mum. they have AT LEAST 14 children. the eldest 4 ALL work. the eldest’s girlfriend (who also works) lives with the family and they have a child as well. both parents work full time. i dont know their income. but i can safely assume thats its quite high in order for them to run such a large family. i know for a fact that every one of them child have a good bond with both parents and that they all get one-to-one parent time with both of their parents. all of the children are respectful of others and each other, obviously they have hteir moments where htey can be a bit rude but what child cant? if their parents or one of the older children hear it though they get put into their places. i dont understand why this scrounger feels she has the right to demand more! im pretty sure she could get her food shopping to less. and with £300 pound left over A WEEK how the hell can she not afford to get the kids stuff?! shes asking the sally army for stuff yeah… why cant she go to the local bloody charity shops instead?! i get almost all of my child’s clothes from asda, some i get from charity shops, some are hand me downs from family and friends, some i have bought of market stalls. i can afford it one £30 a week. so how can she not afford around £30 for each child?! if she used the clothes from the last child on the next rather than wanting new then she would manage just fine! rant over
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Reread my previous post and wanted to add in no way am I slating mums who are on benefits. Been on them myself when I was a single mum and carer to my grandparents and my mum. It was a full time job in itself. Am now back at work part time still caring for them but with more outside help. Anyway what I’m saying is I have been on benefits and yes it is hard but you learn to budget. The government gives you what your entitled to its up to you to spend it wisely and make it stretch. X
I think this is totally wrong to expect handouts when in my eyes she gets more than enough to provide for her children. I may only be a mum to 2 children & on benifits but I get more than enough to provide for them. I’d love to go back to work soon even if its in a bar one day a week as I want to show my girls that if they want something they’ve got to earn it. I think if she wants more she should go to work & while reading I noticed she has a 17yr old… At that age she should be encouraging her daughter to work, 1 to promote independence, 2 to learn how to manage money & 3 contribute to the household & learn the importance of bills
I noticed on the group a couple of people have said we shouldn’t judge her…….it’s hard when your a tax payer not to judge her!She’s producing all these children+expecting everyone else to pay for them+expecting more handouts!Benefits are there for people who need them…..not as a lifestyle!I’m perfectly happy that our taxes go to single mums who budget they’re money+use it to simply provide for they’re children+keep a roof over they’re heads……it’s bloody hard being a single mum!What makes my blood boil is this woman is clearly on them as a lifestyle choice+continued to have babie’s while on benefits+has no qualms about asking for more!I have re-read this over+over+it really does annoy me!And the teenagers could go to work i agree 100% with that…….it#s not they’re fault but atleast it will teach them not to go in the same direction!I’m sure she’s a perfectly decent parent but……..arrrrgh i could rant forever about this lol!
I’ve re-read the article……trust me its a lifestyle choice for this woman……simple!
I haven’t worked since falling pregnant in 09 but i did have a job from14-17 and i do volunteer work at a charity shop once a week now. BUT i think i get enough money to live off, ino many of frineds that “want more” but like i say to them, you dont get benefits to get a great lifestyle you get it to survive, this women shouldnt be complain g, yes having kids is expensive but she should of thought about that before hand, the job center ort to make her do something whether it be charity work etc, she needs to show her kids work ethics so they all dont end up on the dole.,x
this really pisses me off! me and my fiance work our arses off to pay for our mortgage and bills and buy my daughter everything she needs! my fiance was very ill with depression and anxiety etc and he still worked throughout just because we couldnt afford him to be off! I’ve now accepted a 2nd job to start in 3 weeks when my mat leave finishes so ill work 2 jobs monday to friday so that we can move into a bigger place as we only live in a 1 bedroom flat!! what a joke! im lucky i can bring my daughter to my new job but when i go to my other job iv roped family into helping and my fiance has got shifts to work around mine to avoid childcare! this woamn and the benefits system is a joke! in total i get 46 a week ctc and ill loose it when i got back to work and we already struggle!!! but iv been brought up with the value of money and i work hard for everything i have! my daughter always has clean clothes and toys and food etc and yeah we cant go on holidays and we buy clothes from asda and primark but you know what, i dont complain i get on with it coz im proud of what my little family has achieved! its not our fault she didnt use contracetion so why should we foot the bill? stupid selfish cow! if you cant afford a baby dont have one simple stop expecting handouts they are there for people who genuinely need them not for scroungers!! grr rant over lol!!! x
I am a single mummy of 4 kids age 7, 5, 3 and 11 mths thru no fault of my own, I am on bebefits at the mo but am always lookin for a job coz I need my independance and self worth. I manage with what I get no probs and my kids have a good life style. I just prioritize, kids come first, I dont go out and dont drink or smoke. I just dont get these people. If kids are at school too, why cant people work??
this really cheesed me off i wrk 16hrs a week and my oh works full time sometimes doing a 60hr week just to have some money for us my kids never go without they have b4 we do the cheek to turn around and ask for more makes me sick her two older children are old enough to get jobs, she needs to take a look at her shopping bill and look where she can make cut bks,
Nothing else to describe this woman other than a greedy lazy slob.
I’m sorry but it disgusts me how in this day we feel ‘entitled’ to money from the government for doing nothing.
It should be viewed as a priveledge that we live in a country who support and care for their people.
Me and my OH both work and we work hard for our money. I would love to stay at home sometimes instead of going to work but to get to my death bed and think that I’d spent my whole life sitting on my arse watching tv would make me feel wasted.
People have lost their drive to make something of themselves. What a disgrace of a woman.
arghhh!!! this really wound me up! me n my partner dnt even get this as a combined wage plus benefits! and we have £850pm rent, £120 pm council tax n house hold bills n 2 kids to pay for and maintenance for my partners other 2! we hardly get ne help n we both work! omg some people these days just expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter!!
my opinon is, if you have to start asking for charity and donations then maybe you should stop having kids?? if you want a big family fair enought but theres a limit to what you can afford, if benifits cant cover your expenses then you clearly shouldnt have anymore! 600quid a week of benifits is unbelieveable and ridiculous!! some people just take the p*ss!!!
if she cant afford them why doesnt she invest it protection??? i mean come on 5 kids’ ages desend like this – 5,4,3,2,1 if shes struggling she must have been before!!!
£600 a week? and she has full housing benefit? yet she cannot afford to feed and clothe her kids? what rubbish!!!!! my mum and dad have 7 kids all under 16 who depend on them everyday!.
my dad works full time for minimum wage and my mum is too ill to work. they own their home and have to pay £500 a month mortgage, my dad brings in around £250 a week! they dont qulaify for tax credits as my dad was £43 over the limit last year. the only other money they have comming in is my mums child benefit thats it, so they receive FAR less than what this lady does, yet they manage to survive and feed/clothe the kids properly. they cannot afford to go abroad butstill take them to the seaside whenever they can!
surely her 16 and 17 year old are old enough to be working now? even if only part time#?
why have 10 kids if you cant give them everything they need?my parents have been together over 30 years and have 9 kids together (i have moved out and my other sister was killed at 18) but they still manage to support the younger 7 still at home…disgracefull
I agree with you hun, kids dont stop u working ( maybe wen they are babies and ur breastfeeding ) but they defo spur you on to want to provide. I have3 epilepsy and for many years i couldnt have possibly gone to work. Now my medication works im in the process of applying to uni so i can get a good job and provide for my family x
I am a mum of 3, aged 10, 3 and 2. I gave up working when my youngest was born because I wanted to be able to be there for them, my husband earns enough for me not have to work and my children benefit from the things we do together, I also do alot of voluntary work locally so the children can see how important it is to contribute something, you may notice the 7 year age gap between our first and second children, because during those years my husband was building up his business and we could not AFFORD any more children, it was that simple!!!!
I won’t judge. It’s not me in the situation. But I will say this, in today’s climate it can be a struggle with 1 child. I work 40 hours a week and my partner works. I struggle sometimes. The majority we are comfortable, but I have had trouble with some bills and things when there has not been enough money to go round. So why go have 10???? It’s madness to continue having children to that extent. I’m not slating anyone, Judging or having ago at all. Neither am I questioning anyone’s parental skills. I just think, you have to look at your finances before you bring another baby into the world. Only you know what you can afford/ sacrifice. I want a second. Infact I’ve had 2 near misses. But I know the sensible thing to do would be to build some savings before we do that.
She shouldn’t of had TEN if she can’t afford it!! jeeez
what????? £600 pw!!! and her home is paid by cancil!!! if she cant afford feeding or clothing on that then there is something wrong with her!!! maybe she should keep her legs crossed then!!! sorry if thats blunt but i find that an outrage!!! xx
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If you can’t afford to have kids don’t !! money isn’t everything and it doesn’t buy happiness but if your asking for more on top of an income of £30,000 then obviously there not happy so they should get of there arses and go work for what they get there kids !! Fair enough if you have a medical condition or your unable to work .. But it grates at me when parents say oh well who will have my son i want to be a mum ! wouldnt you rather be a mum who can take her kid out on a day off instead of sat at home worrying about money ?? and my favourite excuse of them all is “there is no work” bollocks .. If you were honestly serious about changing your life style and wanting a job you would do anything !! as for an income of £30,000 a year works out at a £600 weekly income !!! we survive on £280 !!
i think this is just greedy… but 30,000 quid is ridiculous as saphire says it works out as 600 quid a week i dont even get 150.
and yet i survive and i can buy my kids clothes and toys its called BUDGETING yes a word we all hate but if we wanna make the best of money then it something we have to do! grrr this really winds me up”
600 a week is a lot.
but we don’t personally know her circumstances, i have stopped believing what is written in the papers. but if she is struggling still, then yes, go get a job. i could get a whole et of clothes for cheap, why can’t she do that? cheap pair of jeans from ebay – simples
jeezus disgustin … i can mannage on less then half of that with 6 mouths t feed SHUT YER LEGS N GET A JOB
She shud get of her lazy arse and get a jobn i know a lady who just keeps havin kids with different men as soon as the youngest starts school just so she dont have to work makes me sick!
Im pregnant at the moment and have a 2 year old. Ok I dont work, due to health reasons AT THE MOMENT.
Myself, OH and LO lived on £80 a week for months and I never asked for handouts. Yeah it was bloody hard but our boy always had everything he needed, he was put first.
At the moment I receive ESA due to pregnancy health issues, doesnt mean I like it, hate being on benefits
I live with my oh and my daughter and Im unemployed. I got made redundant from a £10 and hour full time job in the summer and havent been able to gain employment since. I would give my right arm to get into a job. I wouldnt think about having anymore children until I have found employment because as things stand now I really am struggling more than ever to get by on the money we do have coming in. How anybody can have 10 kids knowing full well they wouldn’t be able to afford to pay for them is beyond me. It actually makes me feel sick!!xx
I think this lady really needs to learn how to budget she could easily feed all of the children for less and i agree the 16 and 17years could be out doing a saturday day job or something…. i had a saturday job at the age of 14 so there is no excuse x
£600 a week, 10 kids, what twaddle. child tax credit is £58 per wk, per child. x 10 = £580, then family allowance appox £150 a week = £730, then her personal allowance£ 65 per week = £800 a week, then rent and council tax paid over £900 a week, go to the government page and work it out.
GREED, SELFISHNESS AND IRRESPONSIBILITY. i thought benefits were to keep you on basic living till u got a job. well if benefit people can afford widescreen tv’s, cars and mobile phones, play stations etc. then thats not basic living. that’s luxury.
get a job and see how hard life really is
OMG 600ppw!! Its ridiculous that this woman gets everything for free and yet she asks for more!! I am currently on benefits s would never slate a parent in that situation but to ask or extra handouts is just plain rude. If you cant afford to provide for that many children why have them?? She has a huge house and i bet her kids all have nice new games consoles (i bet they dont share 1 either) The lifestyle they deserve??! I struggle with money but theres always food iin my daughters belly and clothes on her back and she doesnt go without…she not getting the lifestyle she deserves?? What does this woman want!! aargh things like this make me angry haha xx
omg and i got called out for scrounging benefits for 2 lol. Personally i think if ur gonna have that many kids then u should go out to work to support them. but then theres the argument that she has a right to bring her kids up while theyre young i guess??? x
I am unemployed and I have two kids, I will be starting uni in 2 weeks and my OH will be looking after our children. Yes this is our choice, we live on a very limited budget most of our clothes and our children’s clothes are second hand as are there toys, I sell on everything they have out grown and we live on basic shopping and reduced items, this is what i do so i can spend time with my kids, I live with in the means I have chosen to, do i complain, hell no i’m lucky to be able to this with my kids and still eat!
Benefits are there to provide support for low income famlies and in some cases are the only form of income that a family has to live on, therefore in my opinion the money they are recieving should cover basic living and care costs, that means paying for a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs and food in their bellies and nothing more! Benefits are not for luxuries or designer clothing or eating out at restaurants etc people need to remember to live within their means! And when you are essentially getting this money for nothing then be bloody grateful!