Dick Smith Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 To go back on the original point - I didn't see the actual programme, but from what has been said here there would seem to be a case for someone (them again) reporting this case to social services (no, don't laugh).I once had a case of a young lad who was doing OK at school but was a bit 'distant'. Then he started to be late in the afternoons, and after a couple of weeks came in with a badly grazed face. We had a chat and he told me that he had fallen off his bike - at 2am whilst cycling round the local estate! After a bit more chatting it came out that his mother was clinically depressed and had stopped looking after him (he was 12) and his 2 younger sisters. She was just lying in bed all day, almost comatose. He had taken on looking after the girls, and his mum, getting her giro, shopping and cooking. This included getting his sisters home at lunchtime and cooking them lunch before taking them back to school - no wonder he was late!I got social services round, and they put proper support in place for the mother and the kids (they were eventually taken into care). They really had no choice.I met him again, many years later. He had become a residential care worker, and I heard later that he was in charge of a children's home.So, the only real way to get change is to follow the procedures and report all cases, whether you meet them professionally or as a friend or neighbour. It doesn't guarantee a happy outcome (I've seen so many social services ballsups) but it may eventually get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Dick, what you describe is the kind of situation where a child 'slips through the net' (a large holed net, which is dependent on alert teachers/neighbours etc.)If the people 'featured' in the documentary are registered blind, they would automatically be in touch with Social Services (in my experience). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 True. But that shouldn't stop concerned others from making a phone call. In fact, the school has an obligation to do so if they feel the children are being exploited. It may come back to the children saying they are happy with the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Oh, I agree with you there. I've done it myself, got threatened on my own doorstep for it, and the child never really spoke to me again, (he wasn't allowed near me) but he told my son the beatings stopped.Edit. The whole family was complicit in physical abuse of younger members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Tresco"]It was Dick. He did it twice too![;-)]It's not your thread though Dotty; it's everyones [:)][/quote]But I started it, so there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Dick Smith"]But Dotty! You haven't posted in a page and a half - and you know what happens to unattended threads...[/quote]I've been sitting back, watching you all playing. Just like any good mother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Dick Smith"]That was harsh, Tresco, fair but harsh.[/quote]She's cut me to the quick Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Just Katie "]Selfish Tresc.. That's what she is, S E L F I S H.[:D][/quote]And you can butt out, Mrs I want a boob job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 'She's cut me to the quick Dick"Where's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Tresco"]OMG, what have I started?. T'was a joke, Dotty, just the merest jokette, in fact.[:)][/quote]Too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Dotty "]I've been sitting back, watching you all playing. [/quote]Have you been having a nice cup of tea while we play, Dotty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Dick Smith"]True. But that shouldn't stop concerned others from making a phone call. In fact, the school has an obligation to do so if they feel the children are being exploited. It may come back to the children saying they are happy with the situation.[/quote]But how can an 8 and 12 year old say anything else, what else do they have to compare it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Dick Smith"]'She's cut me to the quick Dick"Where's that?[/quote]I don't know, but it rhymes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Tresco"][quote user="Dotty "]I've been sitting back, watching you all playing. [/quote]Have you been having a nice cup of tea while we play, Dotty? [/quote] No, not tea. Large glasses of red water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I guess the ironying is piling up though?[:D][:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 [quote user="Dotty "][quote user="Dick Smith"]'She's cut me to the quick Dick"Where's that?[/quote]I don't know, but it rhymes.[/quote]Well, they called Eric 'Slow Hand' so I was just wondering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 Sorry sir, I'm lost. What are you on about Dick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Never mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 What is WAGS Boutique? Or is it better not to know? [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 It's a really horrible TV programme in which the WAGs (wives and girlfriends of footballers) are asked to open and run a shop. As they don't seem to have the collective talent to open an envelope this is a car crash, which I guess was the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Thank you and good night to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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