I am not sitting in judgement of anyone when I tell you all about my experience of what happens to children when they come out of care at 16.
I must first give you some back ground information as to how I came to be in this situation, This post is not about me, its about the children.
I left a very dangerous an violent marriage, I was basically on the run from this man, being hunted down because he wanted "his wife"( property) back.
I was homeless, eventually I went to a large northern city, where I got the offer of running a newly opened DSS B&B. The landlord was not a bad man but he was in it to make money. The first couple of days a few men booked in, one of these was out on licence for murdering someone, another couple were ex prisoners. so I could keep order I made ground rules,, No drugs, no visitors staying over night etc.
after a week or so went by, the land lord brought 2 ladies , to show them round. it turned out they were social workers from the children's dept.
They were more interested in the fact a woman was running the place, which apparently was unusual. next day they brought a 16yr old child, a girl to book in, she had that day left a council run children's home, they told me she was "naughty"
She was a very well developed girl, very intelligent and street wise, a couple of days later she puts on ankle socks a school uniform and awaits "her uncle" to collect her for a drive, later comes back with money and presents, I had taken the uncles number plate and gave it to her social worker, nothing was done.
The next girl to come a week later was a 16 yr old with her baby, a very naughty girl,, I fed the baby, even bought food, he was 7month and gorgeous, after every man in the house, drug addicts etc, had had sex with her and me complaining to the social workers, I drew the line at her Whist wearing a see through nighty pegging her baby on the clothes line.
The social workers brought 2oz of mince 1 potato and stock cube boiled it up to show the girls how to cook, then ticked a box that they had been shown how to cook. These children are only 2 examples, I have many of what happens to children when they come out of care, this happened 20 years ago, when I see what has happened to so many children lately, I wonder if this still happens.
When these children get their own flat at 17, it gets worse
