Should you place siblings separately, when the needs of one say yes, and the needs of the other say no?
A court-appointed children's guardian tells what happened when she had to recommend placement options for two teenage sisters.
I work as a children's guardian. Although I do not have the final decision in cases before the courts, my recommendation is given huge importance, and I need to try and get it right.
I was guardian to two sisters, aged 13 and 15. They were made subjects of care orders, following serious parental neglect and placed together in foster care. They had never been parted and were deeply dependent on each other, to a worrying extent. They had always shared a bedroom, and had a lot of physical contact with each other. They had developed a private communication pattern, which could exclude other people.
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