The children were placed in a series of different care arrangements, some with extended paternal family, some with foster carers, none together. “If I had taken my own life, who was going to get them kids back together?” she says. I was dealing with things not in the right way, with a lot of memories coming back from my childhood, so I was judged and my kids were taken. My baby in care, Tyson – he was taken when he was 15 months – so Tyson would have been there just over two years. Helen says she did ask the family and community services department (Facs) for help, but its solution was not about keeping the family together.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2018 18:00 UTC