18/06/2026
So when an "education professional" (yes, my FBI skills work surprisingly well 😂) leaves a comment saying:
"This attitude makes my blood boil."
Mine too.
Children being denied drinks.
Children being denied access to toilets.
Basic human needs being treated as an inconvenience.
Having to submit a Subject Access Request to discover that my six-year-old autistic, ADHD and PDA child had been restrained by four members of staff at the same time.
Not because anyone told me.
Not because anyone was transparent.
Because I had to uncover it myself.
I won't go into the details because, quite frankly, it remains one of the most traumatic things I've experienced as a parent.
Watching children sit out of education while professionals debate who is responsible.
Watching parents forced into complaints, tribunals and legal battles simply to secure what the law already says their child is entitled to.
That's what makes my blood boil.
Now let's talk about the "attitude".
It seems so many teachers, safeguarding leads and education professionals like to leave comments on my page and then immediately block me. 😂
Before commenting on a post, why not spend 30 seconds scrolling through the page and seeing what it's actually about?
Every post is based on my lived experience.
Every post is based on things that have happened to my children.
Every post is based on comments made directly to me as a parent.
Every post is based on experiences shared by other parents with their permission.
I don't need to make things up. The SEND system provides more than enough material on its own.
When I make a post about England matches, hydration breaks and children being denied access to drinks in school, I can show “receipts”.
Not one but two schools have stopped my child accessing her own drink or getting a drink when needed. Encouraging her to drink is literally written into Section F of her EHCP.
When I make a post about Bridget Phillipson telling parents it's their decision whether children stay up for the World Cup, that's based on lived experience too. Apparently we're trusted to decide bedtime after a football match, but not trusted when we say our children are struggling, not coping, not receiving suitable education or having their needs met.
When I make satire posts about DLA, it's because SEND parents are constantly subjected to ignorant comments about benefits. Comments I've received myself. Comments many of you have received yourselves.
And if my satire post about England winning a football match and children being "allowed" to be late for school is enough to make someone's blood boil, then I genuinely don't know what to tell you.
It was satire.
Nobody was actually being instructed to keep children off school.
The point was highlighting the contradiction that parents are suddenly trusted to make decisions about bedtime because of football, yet many of us spend years being told we don't understand our own children when we raise concerns about attendance, unmet needs, anxiety, exclusion or lack of education.
Interestingly, the comment telling me my attitude made their blood boil has now disappeared.
Fortunately, unlike some EHCP amendments, screenshots exist.
If my posts make you uncomfortable, ask yourself why.
Because the reality behind them is far more uncomfortable than the sarcasm.
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