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What do the girls parents do all day? No wonder they look at marriages as a way out. Child brides should be illegal everywhere.

Does the UK not have Child Services? In the US, at least you could open an investigation with child protective services (not that it would necessarily resolve anything) but at least it would be a thorn in the parents' side to try to make some changes.

​@@jacquiandp-dog7755alot of them are from ireland so they tell the schools they've moved back to ireland to avoid it

Totally agree with you, yet so many ignorant people think this lifestyle is so amazing and glamorous 🙄

What does her mother Do???

@@mitsatakkou7308 clean a caravan, breed, get beaten by her husband.

@@mitsatakkou7308 my guess would be nothing but that’s only a guess. I’ve wondered that myself. Now that the 17yo is getting married the 13yo has to do EVERYTHING! I wonder if that’s child abuse?

Same ❤

Where's the parents? Who do you think is pulling her out of school?

I guess they do that, so she will learn how to "properly" clean the caravan, to cook, and what ever must be learned! And when she will become 16, she will marry a stranger, and she must be pregnant, immediately! These men are like watermelon, you don't know if it's going to be good or bad, until you cut it, and taste it...

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My exact question!?! If women can’t work them where tf is mom at..and why is she not caring for her own children???!?

Their husbands dont take care of them, yeah they pay a few bills, petrol, the food they don't manage to steal, bits and bobs at most but they cheat on and beat their wives.

Well said

When I got pregnant and then had my children, I took a long time to go back to work and as rewarding it was to be with my children, it was hard on my self esteem

She runs her own salon now and is still single

How much money do you think she makes in a week ??

They probably did the exact same thing at their age

@@LillieRose-bi3is yeah but the question is what do they do all day now?

Ahhhh mother is looking after the unmarried sons....

Why is it wrong ... idle mind is devils workshop. Youngish have more energy, etc... the older we get harder on the body. There are some things elders can direct however I don't agree with your wording of "adult responsibility" even my 3 yr old grandchild can pick up behind himself

Like they aren't allowed to work so what do they do all day that the daughters have to take over? I'm confused. Is mom in the backroom laid up in a comfy bed being fanned and fed grapes getting her feet rubbed?

And the other statistic is that 50% of travellers die before their 39th birthday and 70% of travellers die before reaching 59. This was taken from the Irish Times. The study found that seven out of every 10 deaths among Travellers aged two years and over were male and that the most common cause of death among males was road traffic accidents, accounting for 22 per cent. Men exclusively accounted for all suicide deaths among Travellers, over three-quarters of whom were aged less than 39 years. Cancer was the most common cause of death for females, accounting for 25 per cent. Coronary illness and road traffic accidents were the most common causes of death among males and females combined.

Well in other cultures it would be sexual assault or at least harassment or battery. I guess that’s what makes cultures different

Grabbing?!? Wtf

Seriously!! I feel bad for the girls in that kind of culture

It is illegal. They said so but that they have found ways around it. It kind of makes me wonder though how much of that is actually happening and how much is sensationalized on the show to draw us in? Of course, I sit and pick shows like this apart and end up down a rabbit hole of researching gypsy and traveler's cultures both in Europe and the U.S.

I'm so angry right now. I want to these vile boys, slap them about, tug their hair and wrench their arms up behind their backs and finally kick them in the balls!

It’s not misogyny misogyny means the hatred of women. These men don’t hate women. They just think that a man has a role and a woman has a role.

​@t.s3250 misogyny is the belief women are inferior to men. You don't need to outright hate women to believe that.

Agreed. The grabbing looks terrible.

@A.R.H they spelled it correctly, what you smoking ?

@@Marco-kg3jb obviously you can see that the comment has been edited (and therefore the spelling corrected)

The mother does the housework and looks after the children until the first daughter is old enough to take over. Then she sits around, smokes, drinks energy drinks and chats with the other women or goes and has her nails done. Having a lot of girls is great for them as if one marries the next younger one has to take over, as was shown in this episode. Later on, once all your own girls are gone you have the daughter in laws who clean for you. The father does not care one iota as long as everything is clean, he is fed and his needs are met.

That’s not shown

The last I heard is that she has her own business now. She is a hairdresser.

I don't think they are allowed to get out, this is heartbreaking 😢 💔

In the Catholic religion, divorce is not OK.

Yea, essentially they're mentally small girls in the bodies of women, never taught how to do anything just expected to know things. The mother's are probably excited to dump their responsibilities onto any potential child. Nasty

Exactly! Grooming is the perfect word for it.

Remember seeing a good-looking guy grabbing a girl, not too much resistance. Then there was an ugly guy, he was fought off tooth and nail, got his face clawed.

Like the " asphalt " business... they take a down payment and leave town at dawn.Tale as old as time .

I can’t even imagine getting married at 20. I was barely an adult. They are being robbed of a childhood. Keep most of the traditions and slightly improve certain aspects of it. Let the girls stay in school. Education is empowerment.

Renee Nene but they start having children soon after the young marriage.

The baby will be sparkling from the inside!

I know what you mean about the bodice but it’s not the material that she uses it’s the weight of the skirts because they want the big sticky out look

I was thinking a a corset under the skirts would help distribute the weight better

I find it incredible that they've made it to age 13 in school without being able to read and write. Not even able to sign their name? How did they make it past 1st grade?

My kiddo misses more than 10 days the police issue truancy citations and social workers are knocking on the door!! Midwest USA

The Muslim community has there own set of rules so gypsys compared to that seem fairly peaceful. Not saying I know it all. I'm not but listened to these girls and their want to marry.

@@adriennem9832 Most Muslim women I know are amongst the most educated and successful women out there.

@@adriennem9832 lmao? Clearly you know nothing about the Muslim community. We are not the ones being pulled out of school at 10 or earlier and being made to clean the whole house and look after everyone. If you look past your prejudice you’ll see so many very highly educated Muslim women and Men living fulfilling lives.

UK citizens don't care. First traveller are the bane of many communities. How can you allocate resources to track travellers when they are constantly moving? Also settled parents who are passionate about education do not want their children educated long side travellers for very valid reasons.

I always have that same question? Do the mothers help, now work, or do they see it as now the mum gets to relax after all her years of picking up & cleaning up after first her family then the one she made?? No one has ever answered me! My daughter is going into her sophomore year of college this fall, and my son high school. They both have always had chores around the 🏡 beginning with their bedrooms, keeping them clean, they alternated putting dishes away after the supper dishes were done, my daughter helps put the laundry away and my son takes the trash out! They always got an allowance for it to. Their father, my husband & I thought it taught them responsibility and 💵 management which they are both still good at. We also taught both how to cook & BBQ too! Education however has always been a priority in our home for both. And yet I still believe my daughter should learn how to be a lady and my son a gentleman.

Being known for a wedding a dress doesn’t necessarily mean they won’t be known for their character as well. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. But, you have to remember, these girls and women are given very little agency otherwise. Besides being known for a wedding, the only things they can be known for is good housekeeping and good mothering, but that won’t stand out in their community either. You can only get a trailer so clean, etc.

You put it way more nicely than I did. This sort of thing makes me mad!

What are the merits? I don't see a single merit?

@@pkk639 things like family, community and togetherness are very important. Community involvement (by women) in raising children is very important. The lack of emphasis on education for all children is sad as they need to be able to function in modern society. Girls are pulled from school once they finish primary school (age 11 or 12 depending on where in the UK they live). Boys carry on but don’t tend to stay and get GCSEs. Without GCSEs they’re limited to future job opportunities and are often restricted to manual labour.

@Jen Cairns ahhh yes "raising children" that run feral and shit outside in people's gardens, lifts and anywhere they can find cos they don't do it in their caravans. Pulling girls out of school to raise their 6 younger siblings and do all the cooking and cleaning. The sons leaving school or barely even going to school so they can learn to do cash in hand work and con vulnerable people out of their money. The boys don't stay on at school at all, this is a complete myth that is only believed by people who have no idea what actually goes on inside this communities. The boys normally have less education than the girls. They are taught that education is not important - they don't want to be proper jobs because then they'd have to pay taxes, have insurance, the correct licences and training to use machinary etc etc. Sexual abuse is highest in the travelling community. Domestic violence and cheating husbands are extremely high and is normalised within the travelling community - its actually expected and accepted, women are, after all, the mans property. I remain unconvinced of a single merit from the travelling community.

Same I looove early 2000s stuff so much 😊

@@CutiePieSally__I love early 2000s and 90s clothes

Exactly what I thought

oh yup they said it right after I wrote this

This was filmed over ten years ago.

Their culture is revolting, self destructive and hedonistic. Nothing about it is good.

The family dont motivate them to continue because their aim is to raise her to be a nice housewife. I dont think school educationn is important for a lot of them as they wont be in a degree if they marry young and need to care for the husband.

I also think they are afraid that if they go to school until let’s say high school, the girls will figure out that there’s more to life than being married early, having children early and not being able to have a life of your own. Nothing wrong with being a stay at home mom/wife, but at least give an option to be a kid.

I’m from a Romany family, and our grandparents always drummed it into their kids and us that education is the foremost priority in life before making money. All the children, regardless of gender, is taught to clean, take care of home, laundry and themselves but they are expected to be children firstly! Me Nan and Pop (Granddad) were married at 21 (I believe), me mother married the first time at 18, me eldest brother was 26, me other brother was 27, I was married the first time at 23, so the whole getting married really young isn’t the done thing in my family or in others that I know of x

She is on her back making more babies

@tyco! They don’t justify it with religion. They justify it was a cultural tradition which is different. “Grabbing” is still something I can’t get my head around!

@@KayteeQueue2024 yeah I understand now! Thank you :)

They don’t believe in educating women after 11-12. It’s rare if a gypsy girl finishes school. Brigette, who applied to work at Thelma’s shop (it was a series for gypsy girls to work) was the only girl out of 15 that had a formal education. She was 17 and had a high school diploma

The women are more literate than the men who are completely illiterate. They are not brought up for education to respect it. They disrupt classes and bring down the energy of the class.