Too many children in Scotland have been dealt a bad hand in life. A few make headlines when their lives end tragically. But the pattern is too little follow-up and too little investment made in prevention, early intervention and sustained support.
Scotland has a solid base upon which to build good childhoods and the Scottish Government and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities have taken important first steps in improving the prospects for children who become looked-after through good foster care and residential placements. But it is also estimated that more than 10,000 children are living in kinship care with relatives. Investing in informal kinship care could be an example of how a modest allocation of resources can avoid massively expensive problems later.
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