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• Yet again Britain’s pitiful child protection record is in the spotlight | Yvonne Roberts

  03-08-2019 16:35
  It’s not enough to say sorry after the shocking report into abuse in Nottingham. It’s time this affluent nation learned from past mistakesIn his book The Disappearance of Childhood, the American writer and educator Neil Postman wrote: ‘‘Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” Last week, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published its damning investigation into children in care in Nottinghamshire. It gives gruelling
  
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• Lessons in love from my new teenage foster daughter

  03-08-2019 16:00
  As well as joys, challenges and unusual pets she brought fresh insights to our homeAbout five years ago a friend at my son’s school, a girl of 14 I’d only met once before (and liked very much, with her big eyes and cheeky smile) got herself into something of a crisis, and as a result of a breakdown in her home life, came to live with us. I hadn’t been looking to add another child to the family. We had our son at home, also 14, and my older son, aged 25, from a previous relation
  
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