Today landed heavy. It reminded me how uneven “the voice of the child” can feel in practice, and how different the response looks depending on which child is speaking. One child expresses a viewand suddenly everything shifts, plans rearranged, professionals mobilised,families reshaping their day around a single sentence. Another child has been saying the same… Continue reading The Uneven Weight of a Child’s Voice
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When the Truth Isn’t Enough: A Mother’s Story
Disclaimer: This blog is based on my lived experience. All statements reflect documented events, personal records, professional communications, and my own interpretation of what has taken place. Where possible, I have retained evidence to support my account. This post is not intended to name individuals or violate court orders, but to raise awareness of the… Continue reading When the Truth Isn’t Enough: A Mother’s Story
A Week in Limbo: When Safety Isn’t Enough
In just a few hours, it will have been a full week since our daughter arrived at our door — shaken, triggered, but safe. Not in crisis. Not hiding. Not unsafe. Just a child who needed comfort and ran to the one place she’s always instinctively known to be home. And since then, she’s still… Continue reading A Week in Limbo: When Safety Isn’t Enough
Forced Adoption: The Hidden Truth Behind a Silent Grief
Before You Read My StoryThis is not a story that can be told in one post.This is the beginning of a series speaking the truths they tried to bury — about forced adoption, its silent victims, and the grief that refuses to stay hidden. Forced adoption isn’t just something from history books.It’s not a thing… Continue reading Forced Adoption: The Hidden Truth Behind a Silent Grief
We Were Asking for Help — Not to Be Blamed
For years, we screamed out for help. We begged for support for our son — a little boy with needs that we couldn’t meet on our own. We talked to professionals, asked questions, knocked on every door. But no one really listened. Instead, we watched his world unravel right in front of us. He was… Continue reading We Were Asking for Help — Not to Be Blamed
Standing in the Storm – Finding Strength Through Faith
There hasn’t been a time in my life when I haven’t been tangled up with social services or the family courts. It’s like a shadow that never leaves—always there, always watching, always controlling. Just when you think you’ve escaped, they find another way to pull you back in.I’ve seen the darkest corners of myself during… Continue reading Standing in the Storm – Finding Strength Through Faith
The Postcode Lottery of Child Protection: How Cornwall Council Is Failing Families
My Story My children have been placed in foster homes by Cornwall Council. Two of them now need to be moved — but there are no suitable placements available in Cornwall, especially for one child who has special educational needs (SEN), and another who is almost 16 years old. They could be sent anywhere in… Continue reading The Postcode Lottery of Child Protection: How Cornwall Council Is Failing Families
Family Court vs. Criminal Court: When Your Life Ends Up in Front of a Judge
Let’s be honest — if you’re googling the difference between Family Court and Criminal Court, chances are life is already heavy. You might be trying to protect your child. You might be dealing with someone who's hurt you. Maybe you’ve got court papers in your hand and a million questions in your head. You shouldn’t… Continue reading Family Court vs. Criminal Court: When Your Life Ends Up in Front of a Judge
The Ghost of the Girl They Left Behind
No matter how much I heal,no matter how far I come,the child I once was will always walk beside me—a ghost of what should have been.A shadow of the childhood social services should have saved,but didn’t. They had chances.I know that now, not from memory, but from the black-and-white records I’ve fought to hold in… Continue reading The Ghost of the Girl They Left Behind
Collateral Damage
They say family court is about justice.But justice doesn’t feel like this. It doesn’t feel like being silenced while strangers dissect your life behind closed doors.It doesn’t feel like begging to be heard and being met with paperwork and procedure. Family court is about power.Theirs, not yours.It's about profit—paid experts, legal fees, private reports, all… Continue reading Collateral Damage
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