Fancied writing something funny but then little Daniel's suffering
came to light and that was that. Plenty of worthy experts have had their
say. A children's services' sort said on radio that the number of
children dying at the hands of their parents is stable at around 50 to
70 a year. Phew, thank heavens for that, all under control then.
This
four-year-old was clearly starving, eating rubbish from bins and with
clothes that hung off him. Yet his evil mother convinced professionals
that he had a compulsive eating disorder so teachers locked food away
from him.
He was tortured, beaten and regularly drowned to the
point of unconciousness. He was covered in bruises and nobody thought to
see how his broken arm was caused - or if it healed.
I'm just a
mum of three, but this is what I think. Worried teachers should not just
pass concerns on. They should keep that child in a place of safety ie
school, and refuse to allow him to leave until the police, the social
services and a doctor call all confirm, right there and then, that that
child is not being harmed at home. One look at him should tell them all
they need to know.
Nick Clegg says information is not reaching the
right people, facts are falling through the cracks. Not good enough. I
would risk a charge of holding a child without the parents' consent if I
felt that to let him go home is to sentence him to death. Too many
people thought someone else would do something. Time for each of us to
act according to our own consciences and risk the wrath of others.
Otherwise we leave tiny boys to face that wrath alone.
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