This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Petition Fund regular Checks for Babies and Children. Minimum of once every 3 months.
We are constantly seeing chases of Child abuse in the media. And the question on everyone's mind is always. How can this happen and why wasn't it noticed?. As a mother myself I know the checks made on children are rare. I petition to have checks of a minimum of once every 3 months until school age.
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Child abuse happens so often we just need to watch the news or any social media app to see the constant flow of cases as evidence, it's far too often.
As a mother myself I am very aware of the lack of checks mandatory for children. Some yearly checks are satisfied by a mere phone call to a parent.
I petition all children until attending regular school/pre-school should be professionally checked physically especially, as a minimum of once every 3 months. Babies and children need protecting.
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