I am in my early thirties and I live with my husband and young son. I am also pregnant and due to give birth any day. This will be my 5th child but it will be the first time that I go into labour not worrying about Children’s Services, not waiting for the conversation with… Read More

I come from Italy but have Romanian origins. As a child, I spent five years in residential care. I had my daughter when I was 27 Do you think your experiences growing up affect the way you parent? I realise that on the one hand I am very strict, because I don’t want to make… Read More

I am from London. At 17 I was ‘looked after’ in an arrangement approved by the state, outside my immediate or extended family home.  I had my first child at 18.  After my first antenatal appointment at the hospital it came to light that a midwife was not convinced with my capacity to cope with pregnancy. Hence,… Read More

I come from Italy but have Albanian origins. As a child I spent 13 years in residential care. I had my first child at 23 and my second at 26. Do you think your experiences growing up affect the way you parent? The first thing is that I always wanted a family and I was… Read More

I am from Scotland  Growing up, I spent time in kinship care, residential schools, secure accommodation and foster homes.  I had my first child when I was 17 years old. I have 2 other children; I was 23 when I had my second child and 27 when I had my third child.  Do you think your experiences… Read More

I come from Italy and as a child I spent a period in foster care and one in residential care, for a total of 11 years. I became a father at the age of 34.  Do you think your experiences growing up affect the way you parent? We learn a lot from childhood, from the… Read More