Why we must register all carers

Wednesday, January 30, 2002

When I lived in Lytham St Annes in Lancashire before emigrating to Australia three years ago, I employed a mother's help to assist with housework and looking after my three little boys. Once I actually saw her hit my three-year-old son across the head, thinking that he would see it as a joke, but she actually hurt him. What concerned me was that if she was that casual about the way she treated the children when I was there, I couldn't rely on her caring for them while I was not there.