Raising Children in Scotland

“Hello?” “Hello, good afternoon. Please, I just got a call from my child’s school.” “Oh, okay, what’s going on?” “I honestly don’t know, i... they said she said…” Sobbing I hold on for her calm down “I am scared, I don’t know what she told them in school..” Voice trails off, more tears I am not sure how many of these conversations i have had or DMs asking “Please do you know any social worker I can call?” It seems like, as a community we have this dark cloud of fear of a system that wants to break families apart hovering over us day and night It’s as though we hold our breath when our kids go to school in the morning praying… hoping… The fear has become a hum we just live with We have taken a step to tackle this once and for all Starting with education Education in a safe, trusted space by experts from our community They understand who we are as Africans, And They understand the laws of the land when it comes to parenting Do share with others It does take a avillage