That's telling her!

And why does there always have to he someone to blame?

Lillie that question should really be posted on the Philosophy thread I think

Jalima it turned at the first blue link!!

What was the mother supposed to do, then? Say to the girl, no you can't do that, but you can sleep overnight in a sleeping bag in your own doorway, just to see what it's like!

Being slightly more serious, I'd be allowing her to do anything she wanted to do.
Her dad has just had a second operation for a brain tumour. He is having chemo at home, and is having fits. They are putting off having radiotherapy at the moment, to give as long a gap between the first and the next.
If telling the government off for allowing homeless people to sleep in doorways takes her mind off it for a few minutes, good.

Anya

No one's saying she shouldn't have been allowed to do it, but was it wise to post the video on the internet? The mother must have had an idea it could go viral.

So it's okay to do it, providing you don't think it will go viral?
What's wrong with it going viral?

The mother does online videos as part of her work. The daughter knows that.

If you just want to criticise, I hope you have watched the mother's justification.
She comes from a long line of ranters about injustice, as does the girl's father.
Good for them, I say. The mother is an actress, too.

The idea of posting it on the internet, surely, was to get Theresa May to see it.

What's wrong with it going viral? Here's a pretty, precocious little six year old girl whose image is going global. Wonder how many paedophiles have downloaded it, and are salivating ...or worse. Hardly responsible parenting I would have thought. Still, as long as Mummy gets her political views over.....

Exactly, willsmadan.

Shame on you, durhamjen that your primary concern is that Theresa May should see the video, not that this child is bein exploited and will never be allowed to forget her 5 year old 'performance'

Political point-scoring seems to be all that matters to some posters.

Have you watched the mother's video saying that her daughter was not exploited?

Thought not.

That means that no children should have their pictures on the internet because of paedophiles salivating, does it, wills?
Lets hide them all away, shall we?
No ads for schools showing girls doing gymnastics, dance or any form of PE?
No films with young girls?
Matilda was quite precocious and pretty.

Yes, I did watch it. It didn't change my opinion in any way.

What the mother says about her daughter is fair enough. She is 5 and of course kids that age see things as black and white. But I still don't agree with posting the video online.

Do you know this family personally, durhamjen?

Oh, and your 'thought not' was very childish.

What sort of fairyland do you live in DJ, up there in the North East? A film, girls in ads doing gymnastics, are not the same thing as a little girl-- on Youtube -- looking directly into the camera --wagging her finger, like a mini dominatrix. How naive can you get? Let's say it as it is... that video will have been passed around on the 'dark 'internet. Even now someone out there may be ... let's not beat about the bush...... masturbating as they play and replay it. Sorry if that upsets your delicate sensibilities but that's how that it works.

I am sorry for you, willsnan, if that's how your mind works.

It's not the way my mind works... it's how it is, you silly woman. Get real!

I would think that the NE is far from fairyland! It is those (me ) living in the more affluent SE that would be better described as living in fairyland.

This parent has made a considered decision about her child. I would be very pleased to have a confident and articulate 5 year old that understood that is was clearly wrong for so many people to be sleeping rough.
Some grannies disagree with the mother's choice, some don't.No need to get personal. #morematurediscussionneeded

Penstemmon, of course there's nothing wrong with having a confident, articulate child who can express her feelings about a social problem so eloquently.

My only objection is to the posting of the video on the internet. I think the mother was wrong to do that and nothing will persuade me otherwise.

I am pleased to say that all my grandchildren care about the homeless, and want Theresa May to build more houses for the homeless.
The mother is an actress.
My eldest granddaughter is an actress.
Maybe I just see things in a different way because of this.
I am glad to live in my world.

I am glad that paedophiles is not the first thing that comes into my mind.

Maybe I also have empathy because my husband died from a brain tumour, and I know what that family is going through.
No, I do not know the family, and did not know anything about them until I saw this thread.

All I saw was an eloquent little girl pleading with Theresa May to build houses for the homeless.
I am on her side.

willsmadnan thank you they, and we their parents, had huge fun,and still do. We are a close & joyful family. Being actively committed to certain politics/ campaigns does not automatically make you dull and serious.
We(& they) have made lifelong friends through Amnesty etc. and they have developed strong social consciences. They work in jobs that they hope will improve things for people generally, have lovely families and friends. I do not think it did them any harm at all!

willsmadnan It is time that there was a more effective way of dealing with paedophiles..however one of them is not locking up our daughters and keeping them hidden from public view. They are not the problem.

Do you know them durhamjen?

'No, I do not know the family, and did not know anything about them until I saw this thread.'

From my previous post.