February 8, 2011
A mother was been suspended from her job for 18 months and given a police caution for leaving her 14-year-old son in charge of her three-year-old son while she went shopping. For half an hour. With no incidents or injuries during that time. She was even banned from working with children for ten years, but after ...
September 28, 2009
The British government has unleashed yet another obstacle for working mothers everywhere. Two female police officers, both mothers, have been taking turns caring for each others’ children while one of them works. Their arrangement has been declared illegal and the Department for Children, Schools, and Families (DCSF) wants them to each register as a child ...
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