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Motherhood v careerCarolyn in Berkshire is a working mother of a two-year-old. She says it would have been an easier decision to make if companies were more flexible. "I love my job and gain a lot of satisfaction from working in a career I spent time building up, and my son gains a lot of skills from being at nursery. But I have found it impossible to find a part-time position or a company to accept flexible working so that I can stay at home with my son some of the time. I have been left with the decision to work full time or give up working in a career I love." Mum Clare Nicholas in Swansea believes it is unusual to be a stay-at-home mum nowadays because families simply cannot afford to raise children on one income. "I had to return to work when my child was six months old as I am the main earner in my household. I am a graduate and my job is far better paid than my husband's. Families do not have the luxury of having one family member at home in the current climate. "I have one friend who is a housewife, and it is just not the norm. I am actually shocked that people still think this way." 'Wasting education'Ray Davie has been a stay-at-home mum of two in Lincolnshire for 13 years. She says mums should not be made to feel guilty whatever they decide. "I don't see that it actually matters whether a mum is at home or working as long as the children are properly looked after and all parties are happy. What I see as unacceptable is woman being made to feel guilty for not making a contribution or wasting their education by being at home. "I didn't particularly enjoy my job but I have a degree in earth sciences and I am a qualified chartered accountant, both of which help enormously in running a busy household." The survey findings come at a time when the highest proportion of women are in paid work. Some 71% of women aged between 16 and 64 are working, according to the Office for National Statistics (2018). THE PROBLEM CHILDREN WHO ARE REALLY VICTIMSBy Hannah Richardson BBC News education and social affairs reporter 6 July 2018 https://www.bbc.com/news/education-44725966?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cvenzmgygl7t/parenting&link_location=live-reporting-story Child L is the kind of 15-year-old that police, education and social services might consider a problem. He goes out every evening and often does not come home at night. He regularly misses school. His teachers find him disruptive and struggle with his behaviour. He has started hanging out in a park with a group of older men. The police suspect he is dealing drugs. But his social workers call him "resilient". Back storyDespite the fact that this child was locked up in a cupboard when he was young, belittled and humiliated by his mother's partners, he is viewed as the one at fault. Despite the fact that he says he feels awful most of the time - depressed and hungry, he provokes frustration in his probation officer when he is late. Despite the fact that he has a bad cough, he cannot go to the doctor's as his mum says they "don't have one". Despite all this, he is the kind of teenager that agencies would consider to be "the problem" rather than a victim of neglect and trauma, inspectors say. A joint report from inspectors looking at how a range of agencies deal with children and young people says professionals often focus on the behaviour of older children, losing sight of their back stories and that they are vulnerable and in need of affection and support. The inspections involved staff from Ofsted, HMI Constabulary, HMI Probation and the Care Quality Commission. They looked at how older children were treated by social, education, health services, and police, probation and offending teams. 'Don't lose focus'Their report acknowledges signs of neglect in older children may be more difficult to identify than in younger children. It says: "When neglected children present to agencies with a range of problems, such as exhibiting offending behaviour, having suffered exploitation and/or misusing substances or having mental health difficulties or a combination of these many issues, professionals sometimes lose focus on the underlying causes of these problems. "We found that professionals did not always look at the whole child, their history and home circumstances in order to understand presenting behaviours and risks in the context of neglect. "The behaviour of older children must be understood in the context of trauma." They probably want to spend more time away from their neglectful home and may be more vulnerable to risks such as "going missing, offending behaviour or exploitation". However, parents and professionals often see only the issues in front of their eyes without taking the context of neglect into account. The report says: "Children are not the problem." |