The Times published a report about the ongoing issue of natural parents circumventing the official channels by using Facebook to contact children that had been adopted. Since The Times sits behind a paywall, the Daily Telegraph’s take on the story, with collected stories in the centre of the page, is here.
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We tend to have these odd expectations about what our Christmas Day should look like. Anything less than the Instagram-worthy family photo with matching PJs and the large dinner surrounded by a loving family is considered an unhappy holiday when this picture of a holiday isn’t possible or desired for so many of us.
A former BBC and Children In Need Governor from the late 1990s took the decision to ban Jimmy Savile from further appearances on the appeal’s main show around the time that his biggest show, Jim’ll Fix It, was nearing its conclusion. The BBC has the story with video clips here.
As survivors, the reaction of parents when the child discloses can vary. This is the first case we have seen where the parents have demanded money from a confirmed offender with only a condition of leaving the area rather than a formal report to police. The money was then used as a deposit on a…
We talk a lot in the advocate community about not being alone with mental health issues. I try to encourage anyone to see others who are dealing with the same issues around mental health and childhood abuse and recognize that they are not in this alone. There are many of us out here dealing with the same thing. Many in the US and other countries are alone in accessing care. That should shame us all.
The Jillings report, the first concluding document from the original investigation into systematic abuse at Welsh children’s care homes, has been rediscovered in council archives. This follows public demand for it to be fully released last week. The article is here with last Thursday’s quoted demand for the report in the story crawl at the end. The Independent on…
