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