Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[Perdita]

But she would need to work in Wolverhampton too ... they both need to work to pay the bills as was made clear after Ty's accident. So Fiz would not be able to suddenly stop working to care for Cilla

[swmc66]

There was no mention of her getting a job in Wolverhampton. She is going there to care for her mother. Realistically she will not be able to get one even if she tried with the sad state of the country. She would be looking for a temporary job as well. They are even harder to find. Therefore Tyrone would be more financially hard up. So he would not be able to cover full time care for 2 kids. I am just voicing the practicalities here having 11 years of childminders and the rest of main care carried out by my husband as I worked all hours. There is only so much that friends can support you with. You cannot burden your friends especially elderlly ones with full time care. Tyrone has already had a lot of time off.

[Perdita]

I can see what you mean now. Although she will be gone for at least 6 months, I expect, in reality, she would not be able to take that much time off work to look after her mother, she would need to find some work, part time at least and with Underworld being so busy now, can't see Carla being impressed with having to find a replacement for her .. although in soapland, that never seems to be a problem.
Like in most temporary departure stories, I find the excuses given most of the time lazy scriptwriting and quite unbelievable. Same as Peter, he could move to another part of Manchester to avoid seeing Carla on a regular basis but closer for Simon to be able to see him much more frequently than he will in Portsmouth.

[Perdita]

I can see what you mean now. Although she will be gone for at least 6 months, I expect, in reality, she would not be able to take that much time off work to look after her mother, she would need to find some work, part time at least and with Underworld being so busy now, can't see Carla being impressed with having to find a replacement for her .. although in soapland, that never seems to be a problem.
Like in most temporary departure stories, I find the excuses given most of the time lazy scriptwriting and quite unbelievable. Same as Peter, he could move to another part of Manchester to avoid seeing Carla on a regular basis but closer for Simon to be able to see him much more frequently than he will in Portsmouth.

[swmc66]

He has some ties to Portsmouth and its a place he turns to for some reason. Not sure how long Fiz will be away. I thought she would be away for 3 months but maybe she can afford to be off longer with her restaurant and that.

[Ruffed_lemur]

There was no mention of her getting a job in Wolverhampton. She is going there to care for her mother. Realistically she will not be able to get one even if she tried with the sad state of the country. She would be looking for a temporary job as well. They are even harder to find. Therefore Tyrone would be more financially hard up. So he would not be able to cover full time care for 2 kids. I am just voicing the practicalities here having 11 years of childminders and the rest of main care carried out by my husband as I worked all hours. There is only so much that friends can support you with. You cannot burden your friends especially elderlly ones with full time care. Tyrone has already had a lot of time off.

Fizz should be able to get a care allowance for looking after Cilla.

[swmc66]

Attendance Allowance as well.

[maidmarian]

There was no mention of her getting a job in Wolverhampton. She is going there to care for her mother. Realistically she will not be able to get one even if she tried with the sad state of the country. She would be looking for a temporary job as well. They are even harder to find. Therefore Tyrone would be more financially hard up. So he would not be able to cover full time care for 2 kids. I am just voicing the practicalities here having 11 years of childminders and the rest of main care carried out by my husband as I worked all hours. There is only so much that friends can support you with. You cannot burden your friends especially elderlly ones with full time care. Tyrone has already had a lot of time off.

I think your point about not burdening elderly friends/
relatives with full time child care is very relevant. People
are having their first child at a later age so grandparents
are older. Also the retirement age for pensions is disappearing
over the horizon.
People I have worked with have had quite unrealistic expectations
of their parents.eg parent giving up own job before pension age
And expecting a widowed father well over 70 to care for 2 active
toddlers full-time.And other less extreme cases
Probably dont want to pay for childcare which is expensive and
can be difficult to find.

[maidmarian]

There was no mention of her getting a job in Wolverhampton. She is going there to care for her mother. Realistically she will not be able to get one even if she tried with the sad state of the country. She would be looking for a temporary job as well. They are even harder to find. Therefore Tyrone would be more financially hard up. So he would not be able to cover full time care for 2 kids. I am just voicing the practicalities here having 11 years of childminders and the rest of main care carried out by my husband as I worked all hours. There is only so much that friends can support you with. You cannot burden your friends especially elderlly ones with full time care. Tyrone has already had a lot of time off.

I think your point about not burdening elderly friends/
relatives with full time child care is very relevant. People
are having their first child at a later age so grandparents
are older. Also the retirement age for pensions is disappearing
over the horizon.
People I have worked with have had quite unrealistic expectations
of their parents.eg parent giving up own job before pension age
And expecting a widowed father well over 70 to care for 2 active
toddlers full-time.And other less extreme cases
Probably dont want to pay for childcare which is expensive and
can be difficult to find.

[swmc66]

One of my Aunts'is expected to look after 4 girls and she has long terms conditions and is 65. My other Aunt had her own 7 kids and had to look after all her grandchildren. I do not think I would have to energy to look after children full time even if I was retired. Not little babies any how. If they were above 7 no problem. Two people need to work to make ends meet so I can understand the pressures. But I feel strongly that if you have a kid it is your responsibility and no pressure should be put on others or guilt.