Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

1/ 7🧵It’s struck me over the past weeks that the current HUGE CONCERN from @conservative MPs & high profile media stars about the #mentalhealth of children is RATHER ODD?
Bare with me here-
My “kids” are 19,22 & 25.
Where are the campaign groups worried about THESE young ppl?

2/ There’s VERY LITTLE media/political discussion about the effect on students - mental, physical AND financial. Many are anxious & down, missing their friends.They may have unhappy, abusive homes & be desperate to “get away” or may have nowhere to study effectively either.

3/What about graduates living back @ home w/ parents, applying for jobs that are like needles in haystacks.
No social life or freedoms, no jobs or financial stability.
Most young ppl love their families but wouldn’t choose to live w/ them indefinitely. Anyone shouting 4 them?

4/ What about the #mentalhealth of all the junior drs (like my daughter) literally THROWN IN AT THE DEEP END last year. Exposed to suffering & tragedy they’ve had little time to prepare for?
Stressed & exhausted, struggling to sleep.
I can’t hear those campaign voices?

5/ It’s become all too obvious that the “overwhelming concerns” about children’s #mentalhealth from ministers, media & pressure groups are DISINGENUOUS & FAUX.
If you were genuinely concerned about our young ppl your concern would not stop abruptly at 18. It just wouldn’t.

6/ I want #schools to open fully like everyone else but at least have the decency to admit that this has NOTHING to do with concerns about children or vulnerable families.

The #FreeSchoolMeals debate has made that crystal clear!

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