• Parenting

    Home Alone – Bringing up independent and confident children

    There was a shocking story in the news this week – about a woman who left her 14 year old in charge of her 3 year old while she popped out for 30 minutes. There was no “incident” but she was cautioned for “cruelty” and automatically banned from working with children younger than 10 years old or vulnerable adults. The woman lost her job as a nurse, she was basically unemployable in her field. Last week she had the ban lifted. This is not an isolated case. As reported in the Sunday TimesĀ (behind the Paywall), it is an example of the problems being caused by rulings of the Independant Safeguarding…