It was raining cats and dogs the other day so I jumped in a taxi to getto work. On giving the driver our centre address he responded "Oh, areyou seeing the little treasures today?" in a tone that raised myeyebrows.
Another adult with prejudices about looked-after children.
"What makes you ask?" I smiled through gritted teeth. "We pick them upall the time," he responded. "You want to hear the mouths on some ofthem." Okay, I thought, here we go.
"Like what?" I asked. "Have they been swearing?" "No, but some of themmake me laugh. Take the biscuit these kids do. There's one that's alwaysgoing on about what she's entitled to, what social services need to dofor her. Right little madam. Don't know who's feeding them thisrubbish," he sneered.
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