I picked DD up from school today as she had stayed late for a club. She usually gets the bus, I have not picked up before. A new friend was waiting with her and was walking home so I offered her a lift.
The friend said it wasn't far, but it will have taken her a good 40 mins to walk home on her own in the dark. This girl is 11, in year 7.
What was worse was when she told me where she lived. Her mum has recently moved in with a boyfriend. The boyfriend lives with his father.
I have been in this house in a professional capacity. It is truly awful, dirty and chaotic. The father of the boyfriend is nice enough but not well and not particularly bright. His son is frankly horrible. I suspect he is financially abusing his father. He is odd, rude and the way I have seen him behave in this house is awful. I shudder at the thought of a lovely young girl living in this house.
It's fairly obvious they are desperately poor. DD tells me this girl has no breakfast, takes a single sandwich for lunch and never goes in the school canteen because she can't buy anything.
I can't stop thinking of this girl. I have put extra fruit and snacks in DDs lunch for her to share. I know I can't change this girl's situation but I wonder if I should share concerns with the school? It can't possibly be a good home environment from what I know about it.
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LurpakIsTheOnlyButter · 20/11/2017 21:14
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