Something you might want to be aware of

Something some of you might want to be aware of : -


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...ily-apart.html

I am collecting info. and doing sort of research - would love your opinions, thanks.

Have a Lovely day.

What can I say.... but that I am glad I live in the Good Old USA -

I am also in the USA but I am not sure whether would it be any difference though.

I could understand that we do need child protection law but I also believe that there should be a better way to handle a case like this one.

When my twins were in Kindergarden they were given a coloring book to complete as homework for Domestic Violence awareness week. Each page had a simple question to answer along with a page to color it was about 10 pages long. One of my sons brought in his coloring book very upset, he didn't know how to answer the question: "What do you do when your parents start yelling at you" choices included things like hiding in the closet, under the bed etc. It did not include an option for "my parent do not yell at me."

I just read the article attached to this thread. It's really a shame what happened to this family, including loss of employment. It seems to be a real misplace of justice and focus on real abuse, instead of someone trying to discipline an unruly child.
Thanks for sharing.
Patty

I remember one of my friends used to threaten to call S.S. when he was mad and lashing out as his mom and stuff. As far as I can tell though no actual abuse took place...but then again this isn't the first time where my friends have been abused and I've never even noticed (two other friends in the past, however these were all during my childhood so I can't really put myself at fault...after all, what's a kid supposed to do?)

My neice who has mental health issues herself has a few children, one of them a girl called Alaska also has mental health issues and has since a baby (and no we didnt know it till she was three or four) when she was eight, she complained to social services about her mum, they used to come to the house often to help my neice, Alasaka told them that when they was not there her mum would beat her severly and although she bought all the other children toys she never bought her any.

The downfall of Alaskas stroy was the toys, as my neice told the social worker to go look in Alaskas bedroom it was full to bursting with toys appropiate to her age.

If it had not been for the toys my neice would of been in serious trouble as Alaska was VERY convincing, with tears and shaking you name it that child did it.

She is now fourteen or so and has often tries to get her mum into trouble just because she has not got her own way in somthing or other, the difference now is that Alaska goes to a boarding school and is closely monitered so they know this is not the case its just her being her again.

Somthing has to be done to protect the adults god fobid that children should suffer but it seems to of gone too far now.

With it ending up with homes/familys smashed and everyone suffering on the say so of one child, they dont seem to take a look at the family as a whole they just seem to jump in with both very large feet.

They had no intention of asking Alaskas siblings if any of this was true it took my neice practicaly dragging the social worker to her bedroom to prove the child was lieing even though they KNEW she had mental health issues.