I think the social worker was being unprofessional.
Many years ago I gave a pound coin to a "beggar" and an hour later saw him blind drunk reeling about down the road. It did worry me and made me think.
When I was a child a woman came up to my mother and asked for sixpence for a cup of tea. Mum told her to shove off and earn a living as she did.
I was upset by mum's lack of charity and do give to "beggars" I just use my instinct and remember the words "there but for the grace of God go I."
Anyone of us can slip through the net.
Parents-in-Law. What do/did you call them?
What were the first ever records that you bought and when?