BlingLoving Tue 10-Jul-18 15:19:49

Travellers get a bad name but I'm very confused. There's no way that the entire Traveller community are those who turn up an camp out at local fields and parks. So where do most Travellers live? Do you still move around a lot and how do you usually choose where to go?



As one of our local school has a lot of Traveller children, I assume that many don't move around? If that's the case, are you living in rented accommodation? And if so, what defines you as Traveller?



I'v heard that Traveller children are discouraged from having friends outside the community. is that true?



[I hope none of this is offensive. I'm not English and I simply don't understand the general negative feeling towards Travellers because while I do sympathise when a small group takes over a public space, that's a few families. It can't possibly be the entire community. So what don't I understand?]