Rationing care
Rationing care is the slow, daily process by which professionals decide who gets seen, heard, supported, and believed—based not on need, but on patience, performance, or policy alignment. It is a violence dressed in professionalism, a soft form of abandonment reinforced by funding formulas and compassion fatigue. This tag collects writing on how care is withheld, distributed, and weaponised in schools and support systems.
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The cost of masking: What we lose when children perform wellness
This evening, I walked my son down the street toward the place where his father was waiting to pick him up. It was an ordinary hand-off on an ordinary day, except I carried that soft, watchful question I always carry now, held quietly in my chest until the timing feels right. I asked if he…