children

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I saw one caravan in Lancashire where a 12-year-old boy had been placed in the care of a company that also uses narrowboats, with children often ending up being moved between the two.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

It might seem more surprising that local authorities are also breaking the law by placing children in these homes in the first place.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

"This is the culmination of 10 years of systemic failure to develop specialist provision for our most vulnerable children," he says.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

It began as just a normal Saturday at Aylestone St James, Lewis's childhood rugby club, half an hour from where they lived with their two children near Kettering - and where he still played.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

I was angry back at her, hysterical almost, saying all manner of things I should not have said, about Papi going off and leaving us, about how parents always ruin the lives of their children.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo