08/10/2025
I am not one that quickly jumps on trends..but as a mum, I need to talk about this.
Iāve been reading the comments under Hair Tutorials & Lifestyle post and videos and I feel she needs to pause for a moment, especially regarding her children.
People are saying whoever reported her is a jealous person, but one thing many Africans donāt fully understand is that safeguarding children is a very serious issue in the UK.
Itās not something people overlook or take lightly here.
Here, people call the police or social services if they believe a childās wellbeing might be at risk, even for things that, back home, we might consider āminor.ā Sometimes, they even report their neighbours.
Now, personally, I donāt support calling the police for your neighbour without first understanding whatās really happening.
If you feel something is off, a conversation might go a long way.
But at the same time, we also need to understand that in the UK, people are very protective of privacy.
They donāt like anyone infringing on their space, even with good intentions.
Thatās why most people mind their business.
However, when it comes to children, they donāt mind their business at all. Safeguarding overrides privacy here.
So when someone has had the police visit them over a safeguarding issue, itās not something to overlook or laugh about or celebrate Facebook verification. It means a file has been opened for you. It means that person is now on the radar of social services.
Whoever is close to her needs to give her a heads up, because how things work here is very different from back home.
I havenāt been in the UK for too long myself, but from the stories Iāve read and heard, once safeguarding and social services get involved, it becomes a long and serious process.
Sometimes, itās not about jealousy.
Itās about understanding the system we now live in and learning to adjust before things get out of hand.
Motherhood is the Uk requires sense āļø
