Staying Mum - A review of the literature on domestic abuse, mothering and child removal

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Apr 17, 2023
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‘Staying Mum’ was a two-year project run by AVA and funded by the John Ellerman foundation. The project focused on women facing multiple disadvantage and their experiences of child removal. It aimed to develop professionals’ understanding and responses to mothers facing domestic abuse and other forms of disadvantage, in recognition of the fact that child removal increases trauma for both mother and child.

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Emily Jones

Apr 13

This literature review provides a really important and quite difficult insight into the intersection of domestic abuse, motherhood, and child removal, which is often not discussed in a nuanced way in public conversations. What stands out most is how strongly the research emphasises that child removal is not an isolated event, but something that sits within a wider context of domestic abuse, poverty, mental health challenges, and systemic responses from social services and family courts. It highlights that many mothers experiencing abuse are already under extreme pressure, and in some cases the same systems meant to protect children can unintentionally add to trauma for both mothers and children. Another key point is the emotional and long-term psychological impact of removal…

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