Dear Parents Unfortunately, we are currently having difficulties accessing private messages which we are trying to resolve as soon as possible. If you have posted a query on the board as well as a private message we will reply on the board as soon as we can. We are sorry for any inconvenience this m...

Dear PhoebeBuffay Welcome to the Parents’ Discussion Board and thank you for your post. I am sorry to hear that your daughter is under a care order. It is good that you are currently being assessed with a view to your daughter returning to your care. As you say that your daughter is placed with fami...

Dear A123 Thank you for your further post. I am sorry to hear that the situation in relation to your son and daughter has become more urgent with an emergency hearing arranged - this has already probably taken place by now? I hope you were able to get advice and representation from your solicitor ab...

Dear Msdm1990 Welcome to the Parents’ Discussion Board and thank you for your post. I am sorry that we have not been able to respond to you before now. You have had some very prompt and useful advice from another parent, Miserlylovescompany2, about how to proceed and how to develop coping strategies...

Dear soscaredneedadvice Thank you for your detailed post. I am sorry but we are unable give advice in situations that are related to private law. You mention that you have a legal team supporting you, as does the father of your child, perhaps you might negotiate a neutral venue for contact to take p...

Social Services cannot be trusted, my 2 children were from a good home where they were kept safe and secure but because I was a single parent I was an easy target.. My 2 children were removed by the courts because of vicious, vindictive lies by the local authority, I will tell anyone that does not ...

Dear 1234 Thank you for your post. One of the purposes of the core group should have been to discuss, agree and outline the child protection plan in more detail, outlining timings, actions, what ‘work’ is needed and how much improvement etc. From what you say you were not provided with a clear pictu...

Dear Fedup18 I am sorry to hear you are still going through a stressful and difficult time and are feeling uninformed. From what you say, I think that children’s services may have had a Public Law Outline (PLO) meeting to which you should have been invited and to which you would have been able to br...

Dear tryingtoheal Thank you for your further posts. I am sorry to hear that you are still struggling to have contact with your children and in the case of your daughter, it seems as if this is because she may not yet be ready to see you? Miserylovescompany2 has offered you some helpful practical adv...

Dear mumionneedofadvice, Welcome to the Parents Forum. I am Suzie the online adviser. I can see that the assessment of your parenting capacity in the mother and baby unit went well and there is a plan for you and your baby to move out of the unit and into the community where the assessment and suppo...