Just seen something about this report on the TV.
When I was 16 I spent a summer working in a children's home on the coast near Southend.
The treatment of these children was appalling. A boy of about 9 used to wet the bed and they used to get him up at about 10 pm and stand over him shouting till he "went" - he used to stand there sobbing his heart out, paralysed with fear and of course totally unable to wee.
I was sent to make the beds up in the dormitory and one of the pillow cases was caked in green foul-smelling discharge that had leaked from the ears of a little girl of about 4. I took it off and found a clean pillow case and got yelled at and told that they make the pillow case last 4 days by turning it over and inside out each day - yuk. And why were they not treating the ear infections?
I could go on - but it makes me sad and angry even so many years later.
I did talk to SSD about it (they ran the home) - but who was going to listen to a 16 year old?
Bought the wrong Hot Cross Buns 😩
sticky labels on apples - remove before washing!