The latest menace to our children: pollsters

Ok, the silly season, as we’ve already pointed out, is filled with banal stories. But this one got me wondering:

Almost 500 primary school kids were asked how they felt about their parents having jobs, and nearly three times as many children (46%) said that they actually liked their mum or dad going to work, compared to those who didn't (16%). In fact, almost a third (31%) said that the fact that their parents worked made them feel proud.

Hmm. Isn’t it creepy that the government is polling five-year-olds now? And all to emotionally blackmail mothers to promote their all-parents-must-work agenda? Maybe it's just me though.

Murad Ahmed