Every parent wants the best for their children, even the State in its capacity as a corporate parent. The Children and Families Minister has recently announced that more children in care will benefit from places at independent schools, as well as mentoring and access to sports and music facilities, in an effort to improve their […]
Last year nearly 1500 children in England were being detained in a ‘secure setting’. Around £300m a year is spent on these children. In addition just over 200 children had been made subject to Deprivation of Liberty Orders (DoLs), for their own safety or the safety of others. The alarming facts about the figures in […]
Although relatively rare, both the criminal and civil law recognise the phenomena of parent abuse, or ‘child to parent abuse’ (CPA), as it has become known. It takes many forms ranging from emotional abuse and emotional manipulation, to physical abuse; from financial exploitation, to serious physical assaults and destruction of property. In extreme cases, it […]
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