Emotional few weeks

About 6 or 7 weeks ago I found out one of my granddaughters was pregnant and baby girl was due in the first week of May. She was only 13 when she conceived her. My youngest son found out when he saw her pregnant bump. Omg 😱  He was gobsmacked to say the least...and hurt that he wasn’t told beforehand. As were we.

How could this happen. Easy apparently. Jaydene was fostered with us briefly when her long term foster care broke down. She started rebelling here with truanting school, lying and being uncooperative. Because the family was under DCP care she requested she be allowed to go back to her Mum. No other care was available unless she was sent away which DCP didn’t want and nor did family so back to her Mum she went. Mums partner had to move out...but that’s another story.

Anyway, Mum had no control over Jaydene, she truanted school, got mixed up with some indigenous boys and girls, run away from home. DCP didn’t do much, police hands were tied because of DCP and she wouldn’t listen to family.

Eventually she went home. Changed schools and settled down a little but carried on with her indigenous friends namely one 16 year boy. Thus we have a pregnant 13 year old.  It must be said too that she lied about her age so in the beginning they were unaware as to how young she was.

Anyway...on to now.

A beautiful baby girl has been born. Originally DCP were going to allow her to move into a mentors house with baby and learn how to properly care for her then go up to Perth with baby and do an intensive mothering course before she was to be allowed home. Baby was to under DCP protection till she was a year old. 

Now they have decided that baby is to go into full time care without mum, mum only to have visiting rights. They took baby away from mum yesterday.  The reason being the indigenous Dad is not to be trusted, he has a criminal record and has been known to be violent. And mums brother who also lives at home with mum has been unstable with violent tendencies.

The family with the help of some social workers are taking this to court appealing the protection order. It needs to be changed back to the original orders. Mum needs to be given the chance to be a mum like she was told she was going to be. Surely she deserves that. 

Meet mum Jaydene and daughter Jahzara Rose-Marie Elizabeth......my granddaughter and great granddaughter.