I wonder what these kids are going to be like when they’re adults cause to be raised in this cult with their every move controlled by Tim how will these kids adapt to life as adults? the only time they socialise is when they go to football training but they don’t have any actual friends there as they’ve been made to be they are better than other kids in every single way therefore Ella has even said the kids don’t want to play with other kids because they don’t see the point of it they see it as immature which is sad these kids think this way and they’ve no normal social lives outside of football they don’t play with friends as they have none , never get to experience going to a friends house , birthday parties, going to the cinema with friends and just being a kid who has no pressure and expectations put on them all the time .
These kids have no independence not even the small things that are their age are important in order to learn to mature and grow but those kids never get to do that because no matter where they are their parents and siblings are always there too and that’s not normal especially for the older kids it’s important for them to be with people outside of their family and have their own friend group because it’s important for development but these Grimwade kids are in a cult run by Tim and everything Tim says and tells them to do that’s all they believe in and follow and that’s going to mess them up and make life really hard for them when they realise the real world is nothing like the cult they’re being raised in.
I know you don’t need to go to uni in order to make money and support yourself in life and there are different jobs people can get that don’t require you to have a degree but the problem is these kids don’t even get the chance to receive an education and have options in life for the future. Those kids have the right to schooling so that they can develop and learn but also have something to fall back on even if they’ve no interest of going to uni when they’re older that’s fine but at least going to school now, learning things , making friends and doing exams is better than having nothing at all. Convincing all the kids they’ll all be famous pro footballers like Messi is firstly unrealistic and secondly a cruel mind game to make all those kids think all that matters is football and if you train 24/7 and never rest you’ll become a famous footballer and that nothing else in life matters into football.
The kids have been made to feel guilty and ashamed if they need to rest or want to rest so therefore they never rest only at night when they’re asleep but the rest of the time they are constantly playing football at home and at their club and that’s not healthy at all. There’s so much pressure on them and they have no idea they don’t understand the way they’re being raised is abuse. People sadly don’t always realise that mental and emotional abuse is something that happens and it’s very wrong and scary that kind of abuse can take place in front of our eyes and the parents get away with being abusers just because their kids are dressed , clean and have no bruises etc.
All the kids talk like robots those kids don’t understand a word of what they say they just repeat everything Tim says and things he’s told them to say and believe in. Seriously are these kids going to be adults still outside 24/7 kicking a ball around doing football training all day everyday? and never have any friends and no schooling for the rest of their lives? Ella and Tim are so lazy too the older girls are left to take care of the younger kids as they’re all locked out in the garden most of the time cause Ella and Tim can’t be bothered to actually care about their kids unless they can get money and attention using them that’s all their kids are to them money makers.