Horrorcow Adele and Matt Allen / The Unconventional Parent - 'Off Grid Parents', appeared on This Morning for attention, backfired on them wonderfully.

[CWCissey]

Meet the Allens.

Mum Adele and Dad Matt went off the deep end after both their fathers died of heart attacks and decided to do away with medicines, school and even rules for their kids. They used to live in a flat in Brighton (where else?) until they got kicked out for 'leaving a buggy in the corridor' and 'a neighbour's concern about their insurance' (nothing to do with letting your young daughter have a piss on the floor on national television, or your little bedsit being a fucking tip, eh?)

http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/12/off-g...let-children-roam-freely-are-evicted-6920485/

So now they're looking to uproot and take their kids to Central America in order to live off the land because fuck you society.

I do not see this ending well.

Social media output
https://twitter.com/adeleallen83
https://theunconventionalparent.co/
https://www.facebook.com/UnconventionalParent/
https://mom.me/contributors/adele-allen/
https://www.instagram.com/theunconventionalparent/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-allen-39132835/?ppe=1
https://theyogahealthcoach.wordpress.com/

 

[GS 281]

@CWCissey look funny, but do they have a social media footprint surrounding this or do you feel this is a better fit for the news and events forum?

 

[CWCissey]

@CWCissey look funny, but do they have a social media footprint surrounding this or do you feel this is a better fit for the news and events forum?

As a matter of fact. Yeah! They seem to have a whole Facebook blog page thing about this parenting method!

https://en-gb.facebook.com/UnconventionalParent/

 

[Sergeant Politeness]

You know it's good when their down-with-science woo woo nature philosophy is posted on their Instagram account:

Transcript:

OFF-GRID PARENTING

Uses attachment parenting practices which embrace infant dependency.
Appreciate the importance of equal bonding with both parents.
Respects autonomy by following the child-led parenting philosophy.
Adopts positive discipline and non-violent communication to manage unwanted behaviour.
Challenges traditional parenting concepts such as set bedtimes, mealtimes and strict limits.
Encourages natural, full-term breastfeeding by allowing the child to self-wean.
Use alternative medicine/treatments as their primary health care.
Do not vaccinate and only use drugs as a last resort.
View pregnancy and birth as non-medicalised, natural processes.
Opt for natural, chemical-free products.
Question the motives behind scientific research and its related policies/recommendations.
Favour using primary carers over paid child care.
Educate their children outside the schooling system.
Strive to re-wild by connecting back with nature through practices such as going barefoot.
Aim to live consciously and work toward self-sustainability.

 

[Lackadaisy]

Ten dollars on the mother dying of dysentery first.

 

[GS 281]

As a matter of fact. Yeah! They seem to have a whole Facebook blog page thing about this parenting method!

https://en-gb.facebook.com/UnconventionalParent/

Awesome. Good work

 

[ThePlagueTND]

As a matter of fact. Yeah! They seem to have a whole Facebook blog page thing about this parenting method!

https://en-gb.facebook.com/UnconventionalParent/

So basically "We live off the grid because society is bad BUT we're the "cool" off the grid people. We have a facebook, instagram, etc!"

The hypocrisy of having social media in this case is insane. How is that living off the grid?

 

[JuanButNotForgotten]

‘If I had something serious like cancer, I would definitely take the natural path. I wholeheartedly have faith in it now and I’ve experienced enough of it to know that is the way forward.

Forward into the ground?

 

[Terror Rism]

"Do not vaccinate and only use drugs as a last resort."
"Question the motives behind scientific research and its related policies/recommendations."

is polio creating humans to spread itself now or do these people really want to live 50 years max

 

[CWCissey]

Ten dollars on the mother dying of dysentery first.

Well the young lad has already had scarlet fever and had to be hospitalised for an asthma attack, so I'm saying him. Which is actually rather awful.

 

[ThePlagueTND]

Ten dollars on the mother dying of dysentery first.

I think the bear that inevitably eats them isn't going to think real hard on the decision of which one first.

 

[a dinosaur]

Sounds like they're pulling a Rain Florence to avoid being brought up on child abuse/neglect charges.

 

[skiellie]

Are these kids not disciplined? I can forgive the little one, but the other one is five, can't they teach him to behave like a human and not like a monkey?

 

[JuanButNotForgotten]

can't they teach him to behave like a human and not like a monkey?

They say that at age of five he doesn't need letters and numbers and they will teach him about them when he will ask his parents to. He will grow into hippie version of Chris.

 

[Miss Hortensia]

OFF-GRID PARENTING

Uses attachment parenting practices which embrace infant dependency.
Appreciate the importance of equal bonding with both parents.
Respects autonomy by following the child-led parenting philosophy.
Adopts positive discipline and non-violent communication to manage unwanted behaviour.
Challenges traditional parenting concepts such as set bedtimes, mealtimes and strict limits.
Encourages natural, full-term breastfeeding by allowing the child to self-wean.
Use alternative medicine/treatments as their primary health care.
Do not vaccinate and only use drugs as a last resort.
View pregnancy and birth as non-medicalised, natural processes.
Opt for natural, chemical-free products.
Question the motives behind scientific research and its related policies/recommendations.
Favour using primary carers over paid child care.
Educate their children outside the schooling system.
Strive to re-wild by connecting back with nature through practices such as going barefoot.
Aim to live consciously and work toward self-sustainability.

Dying in child birth was once the most common cause of death for women in the good ol' time.

"Off-Grind Parenting" sounds a lot like "Let's do jack shit and see what happens". The kids will be in fabulous constitution in the next 20 years without proper education.

 

[CWCissey]

Are these kids not disciplined? I can forgive the little one, but the other one is five, can't they teach him to behave like a human and not like a monkey?

Nope. It's 'up to nature' to teach them how to act. So a punch in the face/life changing injury/death is an acceptable lesson in acting like a person to these people.

The 5 year old is still sucking on momma's titties for godssakes...

EDIT: AND THEY'RE CROWDFUNDING THEIR ESCAPE! (although it looks like that page has now been taken down)

https://www.facebook.com/FundMyTravel/posts/527249380733446

 

[Sergeant Politeness]

"Off-Grind Parenting" sounds a lot like "Let's do jack shit and see what happens".

That's because it is. To them, they're less "children" and more "guinea pigs to test my ideology". It's the perfect flurry of paranoia, appeals to nature, and Dunning-Kruger; this is how you produce feral children. It's abhorrent.

 

[escapegoat]

So now they're looking to uproot and take their kids to Central America in order to live off the land because fuck you society.

This went so well in The Mosquito Coast.

 

[Orkeosaurus]

That baby does not look healthy.

 

[CWCissey]

This went so well in The Mosquito Coast.

At least someone realised they're batshit and took down their crowdfund (I highly doubt they did it themselves)