The government today (04 March
2004) announced the launch of the Children's Bill. This is to be
applauded, as it is about time that the rights of children were
respected in this country. I fear, however, that it is to little, to
late. It does, however, bring with it to
many unanswered questions, which could possibly, and may probably lead
to even more false accusations and convictions on a scale that would
make everything previous to it seem almost insignificant. Except of
course, to those whose very lives have been drastically altered forever
by such accusations. The amount of power this act is
going to give to government departments, or rather the people who work
in those departments is nothing short of scandalous. From now on,
teachers, police, doctors and the biggest child abusers of all, social
workers, are to be given almost unfettered access to every aspect of a
child's life. This means even more intrusion into what used to be
traditional family values, and parental responsibility being eroded
even further. One of the most disturbing aspects
though, seems to be the one that will allow these self proclaimed
"control freaks" to interfere whenever it suits them, while being able
to just ignore the most difficult and fundamentally, the issues that
are most likely to result in the finger of blame being pointed fairly
and squarely at themselves. And the idea of a children's advocate to
oversee such things has already had his/her wings clipped as far as
independence from government is concerned. And this before the bill is
even launched. And does this bill reach into the
very heart of government itself? Will the home secretary be charged
with child abuse the first time he orders the children of asylum
seekers to be torn away from their parents, just because he can? I
think not! It seems, to me at least, that the
very fabric of society is being torn away from adults, and placed into
the hands of the select few, who try to convince the rest of us that it
is "in the name of the children", when it just feels as if it isn't
that at all, but is more about the failed authorities once again trying
the usual smoke screen and knee jerk approach to cover up their own
inadequacies. If you would like to add comments
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<--- Comment below added by Maggie on
the 6th March 2004 I
read your comments on the new children's bill and I agree with you
whole heartedly!!
The powers that be in this country still have yet to realise exactly what they are doing to
innocent men, women and families as a whole. I do not condone child abuse of ANY
kind and those who perpetrate must be severely dealt with, but I KNOW from my own
experience that families are being destroyed daily in this country, their lives
devastated forever, by the very 'authorities' (and I use that term very
loosely!) who continue to claim that the rights and protection of families and children are
at the centre of their actions. They are not. As far as I can see, it
is the sole intention of such organisations and individuals to turn
children against their own parents and to haunt our society with something that can
only be regarded as a moral panic that would have us all believe that every next door
neighbour is a paedophile-in-waiting and a danger to our children! It has got to stop. What
we need in this country is a complete shake-up of the system, not only new
children's rights bills, but new justice bills as well for Britain never stops boasting
about what a great justice system it has but I'd be happy to tell anyone willing to
listen of the utter injustices my family has endured at the hands of the
great British legal system. It's a complete joke! 'Innocent until proven
guilty', that's got to be the biggest farce there is. If I come across as bitter
I don't apologise, we have yet to have a conclusion to the nightmare that began for
us in January 2003 and I don't know yet exactly what I'm going to do about it,
but the system stinks to high heaven and I for one am not prepared to do
nothing about it.Many thanks for your site Vic, your coping strategies in particular are very useful.
warmest regards
Maggie