The child welfare items that should be right on your radar:
- Child abuse scandal whistleblower to create advice chatbot
- Council refuses to answer questions on trafficked children ‘missing’ from their care
- Research: divorce less harmful to children if it takes place earlier in childhood
Researching Reform 
How very interesting, when you compare the contents of the second article you have posted to my Freedom Of Information Request, also from 2017 and also where i was informed ‘less than five’ then ‘as there were less than five records identified as
containing the information requested we are unable to disclose this information.’ then ‘i have not received all my information. I have received a rough estimate only. (Where it states ‘less than five.’)’ then ‘I can confirm that i did not ask for how many times has it ‘not’ come to the general registry office’s attention where i appear to have been given potentially extra information, and i had only asked how many times it ‘has’ come to the general registry office’s attention’ then ‘5. The requester asked for confirmation as to whether there were 5 or less than 5 records identified as containing the information requested…’ then ‘This information is, however, exempt from disclosure under the Data Protection Act 1998 as it could potentially be used to identify personal data related to an individual. Although there were over 1500 records searched, as there were less than five records identified as containing the information requested we are unable to disclose this information.’
This is in response to the article you posted here-
https://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/east-dunbartonshire-council-refuses-to-answer-questions-on-trafficked-children-missing-from-their-care-1-4856612
Where it states-
‘ECPAT believe that as many as four of these could have been in East Dunbartonshire. The council would only disclose to them that “less than five” children had disappeared from their care in response to freedom of information requests.’
Also from 2017.
My FOI Request is here-
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/misinterpretation_or_misrepresen#incoming-1007597
Very interesting and i know maybe i shouldn’t say it, but it looks dubious and too much like a coincidence; we have been given such a very similar ‘vague’ response to two different FOI Requests although along similar themes in some ways.
Is there any way our FOI responses could be connected up, to show similarities? I could post mine to as anotation perhaps on his FOI Request i was thinking, if anybody knows where it is.
Our concerns on untraceable children and child trafficking are so similar.
Thank you.
Xx
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Thought is may be useful to some young parents with children in care.
http://www.frg.org.uk/ypa/
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Thanks, Dr Manhattan I sent them a copy of my communication too 🙂
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I believe it would benefit society as a whole if parenting skills became part of the curriculum for all children – especially those who come from broken or dysfunctional families.
So often these problems are self-perpetuating through several generations because the concept of the family unit no longer exists – not does the concept of community, especially in towns and cities.
We blithely believe that parenting skills come naturally – they do not. Young people need help and examples they can us for comparison to measure themselves against, and if those examples are missing from their own lives, they are irreparably handicapped; thus becoming innocent fodder for social services and that great evil – forced adoption.
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I believe it would benefit society as a whole if parenting skills became part of the curriculum for all children – especially those who come from broken or dysfunctional families.
So often these problems are self-perpetuating through several generations because the concept of the family unit no longer exists – not does the concept of community, especially in towns and cities.
We blithely believe that parenting skills come naturally – they do not. Young people need help and examples they can us for comparison to measure themselves against, and if those examples are missing from their own lives, they are irreparably handicapped; thus becoming innocent fodder for social services and that great evil – forced adoption.
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Natasha, what happened to the Post you just placed ?
“UK Family Courts Are Harming Children’s and Parent’s Mental Health”
its gone.
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It’s not finished.
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