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I was labelled a bad kid when mum went to prison
Would you tell anyone if your dad was in prison? How about your mum? Schools and councils should be told if a young person’s parent is in prison, according to the Children’s Commissioner in England, because the stigma around it means they can’t speak out and get help with things like mental health.
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Mother’s Day: How migration changed our families
Priscilla Ng’ethe, Zara Rashid and I all have something in common: our mothers are all immigrants. Our grandmas still live in their home countries of Kenya, Pakistan and Guyana, but we all grew up in the UK.
Our mums made the journey abroad to England and by doing so they changed our lives forever. Were they happy with the decision to leave – and was it even their choice? On Mother’s Day, this is their story.
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Asexuality: I have no desire to experience sexual attraction and never have
“I just have no desire to do it, and never have,” he says. “The closest I’ve ever come to having sex, is when a guy invited me back to his for, what he described as a good time. My body repelled the idea, the whole thought turned me off rather than on.”
Robin, who’s from Yeovil, is one of the estimated 1% of UK people who identify as asexual.
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