Every Mother's Nightmare

Up until this point, my life has been pretty uneventful, the usual ups and downs, had a career, got married, had children etc. In 2009, my husband’s children came to live with us, they had been living with their mother and a paedophile, children’s services had failed to protect them so it was our duty to ensure their safety and step in. What ensued was a two year battle to protect them from a mother, who failed to show them any commitment, and a system that failed to help and caused more damage as this book will tell you. 22nd May 2011 was the day my family’s life changed beyond recognition, due to children’s services failings and their desire to punish innocent people as opposed to protecting children. Unfortunately, what happened to my family is not an isolated incident, as I have found during my research, and many families face the incompetencies and unprofessionalism of children’s services and social workers on a daily basis. I am telling my story for two reasons; to publicise what goes on when children’s services do not do their job properly and to inform people of their rights when dealing with children’s services.