PACT Parents And Carers Together

25/07/2025

25/07/2025

This is tragic 💔

The charity's chief executive says "at least half" of their branches will close in the UK and Ireland.

24/07/2025

Wow! Drastic! But maybe it’s what we need now after 10 years of just being left to the mercy of tech companies employing psychologists and scientists to hook the children to their apps?

The technology secretary tells Sky News he will make announcement on "compulsive" screen time, as a survey shows teenagers are spending hours a day scrolling.

24/07/2025

Watch your kids while they swim. Many kids will drown right in front of their parents, because drowning doesn’t look like what you think it does.

Do YOU know what it looks like?

It’s not what you see on TV. TV dramatizes it to keep you in suspense and make you keep watching.

This is what drowning REALLY looks like:

1) It’s SILENT. No splashes. No screams. They are trying to breathe and can’t make noises.

2) It’s FAST! It takes 20-60 seconds.

3) There is no jumping out of the water or arms flailing around. It happens almost entirely under water.

4) Their head will be arched up, attempting to reach the surface to breathe. They may bob up and down just at the surface for a little while and this can look like doggy paddling/playing.

5) Under the water, they are in a vertical, up and down position and their arms and legs are cycling as if they are trying to climb a ladder.

6) They can’t move forward much, if at all….not enough to get to safety.

7) They can be right next to the wall or an exit and still not be able to reach it…and they will drown inches away from safety.

8 ) They can be in water shallow enough for them to stand in but not realize they can simply stand up, as they are in panic mode.

Learn to spot drowning. You just might save a little life!!

23/07/2025

Let them be children.

Let them wear odd socks and eat cereal at 11am.
Let them chatter endlessly, or not speak at all.
Let them pretend, explore, fall out, make up.

Let them feel safe enough to unravel.

Because that’s part of growing too.

22/07/2025

I suppose these ever more punitive school policies are serving someone’s ’purpose’, just not those of vulnerable students. Useful FOI data though, perhaps we need this transparency across Suffolk schools. To highlight those who are providing inclusive practice methods as well as those who are using a stick rather than carrot approach! 🥕

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22/07/2025

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22/07/2025

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If your neurodivergent child’s attendance wasn’t 100% this year, please know this - it’s not a mark of failure.

If anything it’s a sign of your love and care 💙

You honoured their limits when the world expected more. You protected their peace when the system often demands too much. You helped them survive - and that is a huge achievement.

In a world obsessed with stats and spreadsheets, remember that health, wellbeing, and emotional safety come first.

Your family’s journey isn’t defined by attendance records, it’s defined by connection, compassion, and understanding.

So take a moment today to celebrate THAT. Because it matters 🏆

21/07/2025

It’s very real. We hear horrific stories