Real-life cinderella
I read in the Times today about the case of a real-life cindarella (because of the paywall I cannot link to the Times, so here is the Australian Telegraph's reporting of the story). I don't know if the accusations are true or not. But, sadly they are nothing I haven't come across a dozen times in case papers and in other newspapers in the past. Sadly, the most unusual thing about these allegations from my experience is the lack of sexual abuse. Everybody knows somebody who knows somebody who has had a run in with social services over their children and has thought how terrible social workers all are for intruding in their lives. But, when people act like this towards their own children I find myself asking whether social workers shouldn't be more intrusive!