If your 14 year-old daughter rolled in at 2am you'd be climbing up the walls. You'd sit her down and find out what was going on. And you wouldn't give up until you knew exactly where she'd been and what had happened to her. We must afford the same protection...

Yesterday's report from the Office of the Children's Commissioner makes for difficult reading. It highlights the risks of sexual exploitation faced by a "disproportionate" number of children in care. One can only imagine the experience of being taken into care, into an environment that is meant to provide...

You'd think that once action has been taken to protect a child from abuse or neglect that they'd be protected from further harm. Sadly it's not always the case. We face a hidden problem of what happens to our children when they leave care.

Recent debates about adoption and record...