Kids Company offers therapeutic educational and social care support to some 36,000 children, young people and vulnerable adults, the majority of whom self-refer to our services having heard about us from their peers.
When I began working with these children, some 19 years ago, I noticed their disturbances were very similar. They would have frenzied tantrums but, instead of hurling toys as toddlers would, they hurled knives. The harm wasn't always directed at others; it would, at times, be levelled at themselves, as they used glass they had smashed to dig deep into their flesh, or empty bottles of alcohol down their throats to drown feelings that might perturb.
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