
I became aware of the impact of prisons on small children through a chance conversation with one of my managers.
She noticed the grandparent was bringing the child to nursery much more often and they were no longer seeing mum. Nobody said anything until the manager gently broached the mum’s absence with the grandparent. It turned out the mum was in prison and the grandparent was very embarrassed and ashamed of the situation but really struggling. The manager was highly sensitive to the grandparent’s position and figured out ways with her team to support the grandmother without her feeling judged. Like it or not, we live in a very judgy environment these days despite all the talk of inclusion, but that’s for another blog.
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