by Yvonne Anderson | Nov 16, 2021 | Improving practice, Lived experience, Mental health, Safeguarding, Wellbeing
Not “just playing” Have you ever experienced bullying or been the bully? Most of the time we excuse it as “only teasing” or “just playing”. What is bullying? Though there is no legal definition, bullying is repeating the same actions with the intention to...
by Yvonne Anderson | Oct 21, 2021 | Insights, Lived experience, Mind Of My Own community, New Zealand
Māori language and culture Here at Mind Of My Own we recently attended an hour long session on Māori language and culture as part of our efforts to understand more about the people and culture of New Zealand (also known as Aotearoa). It covered a wide variety of...
by Jill Thorburn | Oct 18, 2021 | Improving practice, Lived experience, Safeguarding
Keeping the child at the heart of child protection Keeping the child at the heart of child protection is something a great number of our community have been grappling with recently. We have blogged on this topic many times before, it is something we care about deeply....
by Yvonne Anderson | Sep 1, 2021 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Implementing Mind Of My Own, Improving practice, Lived experience
On the same page There has never been a better time to be on the same page with the children and young people we care for and this is how we come to understand their emotional context. As digital communication grows, connecting and hearing from young people becomes...
by Yvonne Anderson | Aug 5, 2021 | Improving practice, Lived experience
Cultural identity is enshrined in the Children Act 1989, which promotes the view that all children and their parents should be considered as individuals and that family structures, culture, religion, ethnic origins and other characteristics should be respected Why...
by Tom Cella | Jul 14, 2021 | Covid-19 coronavirus, Lived experience, Mental health, Uncategorized
Young carers – children who help look after family members, perhaps with a disability, illness or addiction – face daily struggles and pressures, miss out on childhood experiences many of us take for granted and risk achieving lower education outcomes because of their...