When cooperation breaks down, lives are on the line
Studying the systemic cracks that children in care fall through could go some way to protecting others
A dam was 14 when he killed himself, after two years of near-constant contact with social services – as detailed in this column recently. He fell through the cracks.
Daniel McAnaspie, killed at 17; Tracy Fay and Danny Talbot, both dead at 19 of overdoses: these were other children who fell through the cracks.
Children who fall through the cracks make headlines. But the cracks do not. The media moves on, seeking new ...
