Track children’s experiences to reform family court system | Letter

2026-03-26 - 17:00

Karen Pine says now-grown children could be asked to evaluate their experiences retrospectively to improve outcomes In response to the article on family court experiences for women and children (Family courts in England and Wales ‘not good enough’ for women and children, minister says, 22 March), the key to measuring the success or otherwise of reforms should be tracking children over the long term, focusing on their lived experience rather than the legal outcomes. If the now-grown children were asked to evaluate their experiences retrospectively, it would provide actual evidence. Currently, there’s a feedback loop, with professionals in the system effectively evaluating themselves. Continue reading...