Council social services bosses have changed their minds about taking four children from their parents’ care, a judge has said. Three had been earmarked for adoption and one placed with
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Grief and shame are common emotions among parents who have had their children taken into care, but now they are turning their lives around with the help of new services
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Two-thirds of Scottish children experience early life adversity – such as domestic violence or parental drug misuse – according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh found
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More than 600 people a day are leaving jobs to care for older and disabled relatives, campaigners have warned. Carers UK says the figure has increased by more than 10%
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Children from broken homes are harmed by conflict between their parents not by divorce, a leading family court judge has said. Mr Justice Hayden, who is based in the Family
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A woman who coached her three children to say “negative things” about their father without justification must have the youngsters taken from her care, a family court judge has ruled.
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More than one in four people caring for their own children as well as elderly relatives are suffering from depression or anxiety, new data suggests. Figures from the Office for
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Council social services bosses have failed to prove that a woman deliberately breached a judge’s order restricting her contact with her teenage son. Lawyers representing Westminster City Council complained that
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The breakdown of traditional family units, with fewer grandparents, aunts and uncles around for children to talk to about their problems, is behind a surge in mental health issues among
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Some parents may have to pay for family support services, a union has said. Unite raised concerns that proposals from Cornwall Council could eventually lead to some parents needing to
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