my friendly blog reader and advisor asked for more detail. He likes the stories but wants to now "the dirt." I explained that I struggle to provide enough detail to be interesting without giving away too much. This is after all a very small town. So i debated with him and decided to provide, at times, an update on clients and situations to make up for any dearth in the gruesome details at each post.
So an update on my violent mum and the family stuck with no change (from earlier this month). We have had one important movement forward. A police advisor confirmed that police are supposed to intervene when children are involved even if the offender is a woman. The police should have escorted the mother out of the house to keep the girls safe. The police in this case definitely failed the family. Sounds like they were acting on pretty strong ideas about women and violence to the detriment of two young women who need help. Since this incident both young women have been found cutting themselves as a desperate stress reaction.
Part of the solution looks like being legal. Looks like they will end up applying for an AVO to protect them. Hopefully it will require sobriety and hopefully it will add a little strength to dad who needs a bit of support. what is interesting to me about that solution is how avos can be useful as well as being abused (as i detailed in a previous post). goes to show that things are not black or white, that there is no blanket right or wrong, and that you always need to know the circumstances to apply a principle.
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