When long-standing barristers working in the Family Court themselves question its purpose, it's time to change. What is the point in...

What is the NSPCC? It's the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Why change its name? 1) Founded two centuries ago,...

Jon Holmes will be presenting BBC's File on Four on 8th August at 8pm and 13th August at 5pm. Whilst trying to trace his birth parents,...

There can be no doubt that the terrible injuries and death inflicted on baby Finley by his parents is shocking and disturbing. There will...

The BBC has highlighted how young people with autism or special needs can be left stranded on general NHS wards or placed in...

Any ordinary parent would say that placing children miles away from home is automatically a risk to that child's well-being. In fact it...

For-profit children's homes provide poorer quality services for children in care than homes run by Local Authorities. The University of...

She's cold and she's vulnerable. Aged about 38 and possibly a heroin user. Yet Leone, for she has a name, was once a laughing little 5...

It's shocking that so many children, some just toddlers, were moved like parcels from foster home to care home over the Christmas period....

Let's take the focus away from child abuse. It's an industry that sucks all the money away from the services that children and families...

Surprise surprise, yet another report finds that care often doesn't work for children. The new report states: 'What we have currently is...

In a pandemic, you need a good book, and we've put together a list of our top five books. Books on any subject were eligible for our top...

Stress makes us anxious and irritable. The pandemic and lockdowns are likely to increase stress as we battle with work, children and...

KEY FACTS ON PARENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES Between 40% and 60% of children of parents with learning difficulties are taken into...

Are poor parents worse parents? Whose children are in care? In a landmark study, Bebbington and Miles 1989 found: Child'A'. Aged 5 to 9...

Why did Unicef find that the UK is failing its children? It's 2020 report looked at child well-being in the world's richest countries....

Here are out top five New Year's resolutions. Try to stick to any new year's resolution you make. It's quite a challenge but if a new...

When you have children, you need to know how to stop drinking. For most people, a drink is relaxing, but for some it is an addiction. It...

Ofsted inspected Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in February 2020, and again in October2020. Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre provides...

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