Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families – in the House of Commons am 2:30 pm ar 26 Ionawr 2009.
Beverley Hughes
Minister of State (Children, Young People and Families; Minister for the North West), Department for Children, Schools and Families, Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Children and Youth Justice) (and Minister for the North West)
2:30,
26 Ionawr 2009
Absolutely. I know that my hon. Friend takes a great interest in these issues in Blackpool, which faces particular challenges from people moving in and out of the area. Any issue that impairs an adult's ability to parent their child, whether it is domestic violence, substance misuse or a mental health problem, should raise questions about child protection or development in the minds of those working with the parent that should be explored. It is important that agencies that work with children work together with agencies that work with children and adults and that both "think family" rather than one or the other.
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Catherine Mills
Posted on 27 Ion 2009 6:07 pm (Report this annotation)
It is time to stop punishing the abused parent and rewarding the abuser, as this is what is happening all over the country.
Your dept says it is worrying about children being exposed to domestic violence, yet in many cases, the abusive parent is given custody and the protective parent written out forever.
That is LOVE YOU ARE WIPING OUT.
That will be seen as a crime against humanity in the years to come.
How many of these children will be coming to your door and asking WHY DID YOU PLACE ME WITH MY ABUSIVE VIOLENT PARENT?
Many of these children will imitate the abusive parent, thus continuing the cycle.
Just like the court gave custody to convicted sexual abusers and known paedophiles, and now those children are abusers in adulthood, because they know no different.
No parent can foretell if their partner will abuse or not.
You are sending out the wrong message.
Removing the child from the protective parents creates feelings of guilt in the child too- what did I do wrong, that the states ships me off to some strangers to be abused over and over.
That is soul destruction and the worst crime in the Universe.
How about introducing the Protective Parent Reform Bill like USA.