#86 The Brilliant Work of For Baby's Sake Trust; An Interview with Lauren Seager-Smith — Mums F**king Matter

Lauren Seager-Smith became Chief Executive of The For Baby’s Sake Trust in May 2023, bringing expertise and experience in leading charities through growth and development, along with a track-record as a leading advocate for children’s rights and trauma-informed, whole-family approaches.

Lauren’s record of representing sensitive and complex needs of children and families to a public audience includes extensive media experience, including press, television and radio.

TRIGGER WARNING: At 4 minutes to 5 minutes Lauren speaks about the murder of baby Peter Connelly.

In this episode we speak about:

Lauren's role and the work they do at FBS
a bit about the founder, Stelio Stefanou and the why behind FBS
breaking cycles of abuse by working with mums and dads
how so much of real life can be covered up, to the detriment of so many
some of the statistics: 1/5 children are impacted by domestic abuse and 30% of abuse cases begin in pregnancy, 1/5 couples break up by the baby's 1st birthday
the parental relationship abuse spectrum (link to PDF below)
Lauren's previous career experience and what's led her to this role
the myth of the 'perfect Mum' and how damaging it is
parenting and raising a mixed race family
paradox, conflict and polarity on small and big scales

Themes: therapy, healing, abuse, childhood trauma, systemic inequality, mothering, parenting

At the end, I share a poem by Nikita Gill.

You can find out more about For Baby's Sake here on their website.

We mention Make Birth Better, Dr Chatterjee, Dr Gabor Maté, the UN and the parental relationship abuse spectrum.

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