Nineteen-year-old Karylle Phillips tells Children Now's Looked-AfterChildren Green Paper conference that she's been let down by two of herparents - her mother and the care system, her corporate parent for 13years.
"They were supposed to be my parenting role model, but they weren't,"she says.
In the foreword to Care Matters, education secretary Alan Johnson sayshe wants the policy document to be the start of a conversation foreveryone involved in the care system, especially children. And if lastweek's Children Now conference in Birmingham is anything to go by, he isgetting his wish.
Corporate parenting
The conference began with a hard look at one of the green paper's keytenets - strengthening the role of the corporate parent. "We must havethe same aspirations as any parent would," says Conservative councillorLes Lawrence, chair of the Local Government Association's children andyoung people's board.
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