save the uk government 4 billion pounds a year
2007-11-18 22:10:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/g2341
2007-11-18 22:11:47 · update #1
they do it for the love of the children, get practically no financial help. yet foster carers get paid up to £300 per week per child.
2007-11-18 22:18:09 · update #2
cathy dun dont you think that maybe the childs parents could be dead? its not always a case of a girl keeping her legs shut dear.
2007-11-18 22:24:38 · update #3
Presumably you are talking about grandparents who have the grandchildren living with them because the parents aren't around. It is only if a grandparent is approved by, and registered with, the local authority as a child carer, that tax credit may be claimed by a parent for payments made to a grandparent for looking after the grandchild. Yet carers of older relatives and disabled relatives are given carers' allowance.
All too often grandparents who are full time carers often do not get the financial support or advice from local authorities that they need, and although a grandparent with a residence order may ask the local authority for a residence order allowance, payment is at the discretion of the local authority as is the amount of the payment.
Grandparents always have been unsung heroes.
2007-11-19 00:44:38 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I know that as a grand parent my wife and I have spent ages looking after our grand kids ( 8 of them ) and really have loved doing it. When they were little we looked after them so mums could go to work, either full or part time..As they got older , picked them up from school. took them to our home for tea and looked after them till parents collected them ... Now they are older tend to be a taxi service taking them to pictures, dance classes etc. I agree that grandparents contribute an awful lot to the lives of their children and grand kids, and are very happy to do it,, Cost doesn't come into it. Its what grandparents are for isn't it / I have loved every minute of it...
2007-11-19 07:30:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Awesome. Love the grandparents.
2007-11-19 06:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by Cammie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that in this country children put their parents in homes. SAD ! If my daughters put me in a home I will run away everytime !
I would love to look after my grand-children but with four daughters, LOL... take me to a home, quick !! (JOKE)
2007-11-19 12:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by RED-CHROME 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and did you know if you open your legs and get pregnant then its 100% up to you to raise your child the best you can i wouldnt dream of throwing my children at the grand perents its nice to get a little break from time to time but its nicer to know your raising your children all yourself grand parents are not there to raise our kids
2007-11-19 06:20:50 · answer #5 · answered by cathydunne55 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes i do know this and its not just grandparents-its aunts uncles etc-its not fair but since when has the uk been fair?
2007-11-25 07:00:17 · answer #6 · answered by buggerlugs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
noo...but I'm sure grandparents want to have a life of their own too...plus they raised their own kids, ppl should do the same!
2007-11-19 06:14:52 · answer #7 · answered by Josephine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do believe. they know better than real parents yet love is always there!
2007-11-19 06:27:21 · answer #8 · answered by red blue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋