Growing up in "The System", its a statistical fact that children in care will not be provided with the crucial life skills many other children may be taught by their parents either intentionally or passively. These skills can range from budget, personal care to social interactions. Recently, and from the back of the Independent Care Review, Vicky Ford, the minister for Children felt it an appropriate suggestion that Care Leavers struggle to budget money and face issues with debt due to a lack of understanding how to maintain a tenancy, pay bills and budget effectively. The comments raise the important issue of how financially vulnerable many care leavers are, but what is missing is the acknowledgment that it is not possible for people, especially those who are vulnerable, to simply budget themselves out of poverty. It is expected, across all local authorities that care leavers are financially independent much younger that their peers. But yet, care leavers are expected to li...