After everything I’ve been through, I can’t believe I’m hearing that Social Services have dropped the ball again.
I’m a mother of two, and I would do anything to protect my children. Their father, who wanted nothing to do with them once our relationship ended, has left me in a position where I’ve been penalised and investigated under a Children in Need plan.
For those who aren’t familiar, a Children in Need plan is a designation placed on a parent (in my case, me) for alleged abuse to a child.
Now, before anyone gets too judgmental, let me clarify: the allegations of abuse came from the absent father. He only made them after I finally took him to the Child Support Agency (CSA) for non-payment of child support over the course of 10 years. He didn’t want to pay, so he did whatever he could to avoid it, weaponising my eldest daughter against me in the process.
Social Services were all too quick to believe the lies, even though the initial allegations were closed after just a week. But he made another claim within three months, and it all started again. For two years, I suffered under the weight of these false accusations.
My children had no marks, no bruises—nothing. The claim for emotional abuse? It was about my refusal to conform to peer (teen) pressure and let them do whatever they pleased.
It’s been four months since the case was closed, with my youngest now 16, and I still feel guilty for a crime I never committed.
And then, I hear about “Star,” a baby who couldn’t speak for herself, with bruises and clear evidence of abuse. Yet, they failed to intervene in time, and this poor child was left to die.
I’m so angry, not just for the destruction of my family as a result of Social Services’ actions, but because if they had treated Star’s case with the same urgency and attention they gave mine, she, Victoria, and Baby P might still be alive today.
Real Talk: Diary of a Seriously Fcked Off Parent 