Fury is a strong word, but I feel furious towards his teachers, his doctors and his social workers. It beggars belief that between them they managed to turn away from a child which was patently suffering. I can't fathom the depth of the incompetence. What I feel about his mother isn't possible to put into words.
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Poor wee mite 
NSPCC Full Stop campaign is a joke
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
Fury is a strong word, but I feel furious towards his teachers, his doctors and his social workers. It beggars belief that between them they managed to turn away from a child which was patently suffering. I can't fathom the depth of the incompetence. What I feel about his mother isn't possible to put into words.
Thing is, it's not only him that it's happened to. When is it going to stop for all children? Everyone knows I'm not the worlds best with kids but there's no way I would want/wish any of them ever to come to harm 
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
Fury is a strong word, but I feel furious towards his teachers, his doctors and his social workers. It beggars belief that between them they managed to turn away from a child which was patently suffering. I can't fathom the depth of the incompetence. What I feel about his mother isn't possible to put into words.
Thing is, it's not only him that it's happened to. When is it going to stop for all children? Everyone knows I'm not the worlds best with kids but there's no way I would want/wish any of them ever to come to harm
Quite. Yet again it's mea culpa from everybody, but no explanation how this happened.
I'm just having a break from reading the SCR, (2/3rds through.) Once again, an outrageous failure by the professionals involved to follow procedures, work together, communicate effectively, maintain a focus on those poor child(ren,) or attempt to hear their story. Yet again they were hoodwinked by manipulative, dishonest and deceptive adults with alcohol, domestic violence and mental health issues.
Maybe it's about time that everyone recognised that working in social work and related caring professions should not just be about being 'nice and understanding' forever giving people the benefit of the doubt and being unrealistically optimistic about their ability to change and put other's interests before their own: rather that people lie,deceive and abuse. Those poor children
Originally Posted by Saint:
NSPCC Full Stop campaign is a joke
I'm no big fan of NSPCC, but a joke? Why?
^ well said sprout!
If this young lad was emaciated, why the heck did no one at school notice?
Why did no one ask that little boy what was going on at home?
And why are they not ashamed of themselves now?
God help all the kiddies who are at the mercy of social care, and I hope the boys mother rots in jail- I think the other prisoners will be very keen to meet her!
If this young lad was emaciated, why the heck did no one at school notice?
Why did no one ask that little boy what was going on at home?
And why are they not ashamed of themselves now?
God help all the kiddies who are at the mercy of social care, and I hope the boys mother rots in jail- I think the other prisoners will be very keen to meet her!
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
Fury is a strong word, but I feel furious towards his teachers, his doctors and his social workers. It beggars belief that between them they managed to turn away from a child which was patently suffering. I can't fathom the depth of the incompetence. What I feel about his mother isn't possible to put into words.
Col. I echo your sentiments. The way I feel about this is unprintable.
For 30 years I have campaigned and supported the N.S.P.C.C. I have written to them again and asked them where were they. I await their reply.
I wrote to them about baby P, I am still waiting to hear about that.
A very good friend of ours is a retired D.S. 20 years ago, he said that social services were appalling, (nothing has changed) and rather then wait for all the red tape, he would take children himself from their houses who had druggy/drunk parents, down to the police station and get a trusted social worker to sort the child out. He was always in bother, but he is a big softie and couldn't leave the children in sometimes dangerous situations.
Of course in this day and age he would be locked up and classed as a criminal himself. But like he said, he would assess a situation quickly, and act accordingly.
I think that teachers, social workers,etc. feel that they have difficult decisions to make on how far to go with their suspicions. It must be terrible to be put into that situation on how far they go in interfereing in peoples lives. Although, getting back to little Daniel, I think it was plain for all to see that things were terribly wrong.
Very, very sad.
This is a desperate and disgraceful situation, but before anyone points a finger at (failing) professionals it needs to be remembered that there is one person who the fault lies with and that's Daniel's mother. I've been down and lower than a sh*tty stick, but there is NO excuse, NO valid reason for any mother to let this happen to her child. None!
Give me the rope, I'll willingly do what should be done with the likes of this woman.
Give me the rope, I'll willingly do what should be done with the likes of this woman.