Protecting our children - is there a thread for this week yet?

[OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere]

Just wondering

He thinks that you are a good parent if your on drugs? Clearly he is still on them, so delusional!

Some people just shouldn't be allowed to have babies..they can't look after themselves,never mind be responsible for another life. So sad.

Hats off to the social workers - god knows how you can do that for a living. Must be so bloody hard.

Please tell me she's not going to put Wayne above her baby? I'm a few minutes behind most people as I had to rewind.

You begin by fixing the toilet so they don't have to shot in the bath and have a place to wash.

There are different types of attachment problems, but essentially if a child doesn't learn to attach they will grow up to have problems forming and keeping relationships, can have behavioural problems, poor mental health and poor stress management and emotional regulation. Not happy people :(

she will no way stay of drugs if her partner continues using,thats one of the no nos,she needs to finish with him,otherwise at some point she ill sucumb again

nail but if your children was taken away by a strange man whilst you were screaming at him would they have been that relaxed?

OMG, the state of it!

my point proven,sorry to say

That's true mrsdv

nailak - not being able to form attachments mean difficulty in forming healthy relationships, eg with parents, carers, peers, future partners.

Mum has to take on the new baby now.
I wonder if SS will insist this is a 'private placement' and therefore refuse to support it financially

What just happened?

But what leap of logic leads from broken loo to shit in the bath? There is a housing officer involved - does that not mean its a housing exec house? So repairs not her responsibility and surely that was a high priority repair which would be done very quickly.

rehabilitate her to the care or mum and Wayne??? Wayne is a drug user, in a relationship with Louise, and not Mercedes's bio father. Why is Wayne to be a carer but not Louise? Eh?

nail its is a fascinating subject if you look into it.
I do think it can be used as a weapon against families though.

The drug addicted Mother seems to be good with the baby

But it is sortof... I mean she has decided that that's Preferable?

9 mth old DS2 is a totally happy camper at going to others and doesn't cry when I leave him at nursery!! dS1 used to cry cry cry when I left. Different characters. I have spent WAY more quality time with DS2, so I can't say the stranger thing applies to us.

So if babies are at mum can she POP in and see them anytime or is it formal arrangement?

Mercedes going to granny with her sister.

I've seen houses like that....and with every stick of furniture broken, animal and human faeces on the floor and syringes and drug paraphernalia lying all around....and children living in the middle of all of it .

Glad I'm not a front line SW any more though....the individual cases are tough but combine that with massive caseloads and it's impossible

What a horrible job to have to do.