Lle Llywela

Nei is doing okay, ta, although emotionally she's been very up and down since making the move. She has settled in well to the household and is making friends at school, is enjoying Girl's Brigade and all the other activities they've got her enrolled in, but she is painfully vulnerable and struggles badly with her sense of abandonment by her parents, has been comfort-eating like whoa (although the realisation of weight gain may put the brakes on that one). She's a sweet girl, not blessed with an over-abundance of brains, and is just absolutely desperate for affection and approval. It's been such a tough time for her. Deb said they had a major meltdown over the weekend - she is terribly angry with her mother, especially, but is horribly torn because she misses her siblings so, having been their prime carer since she was young (parentification is so damaging!) She seemed sunny enough while we were there, though, and enjoyed spending time with Chel. Hopefully she can stick it out because she left school in Cornwall with no qualifications, but if she manages to complete the course they've got her enrolled on in Kent, that'll give her something to build on, at least.