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Things Not To Say to people who've been in care
People who have spent time living in care hear all sorts of questions and comments about their experiences, from “So, like Tracy Beaker?” to “Were you left on a doorstep?” and “You don’t look like your family.” Then there’s, “But you seem perfectly normal?” Here, eight people who’ve been in care talk about, laugh at, and challenge some of the most common assumptions made about them and their lives.
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