Have you ever read a book in a foreign language? I just would like to know if I am the only one to feel like that. When I read a book in my native language, I feel part of the story and feel like I build a sort of attachment with characters and their personalities. I get to know them so well that I could say they becomes my friends or enemies. I've been reading different books in English lately and, despite I understand them and don't have any problems to read them, I feel like this bond that I usually develop with characters isn't as strong as it would have been if the book was in Italian. I just would like to know if any of you felt this way before! Thank you for your answers.

Living with my in-laws is driving me mad. I've been living with my in-laws for almost two months now and I already hate it so much. They moved in hour first house, as soon as we bought it. They had to because they just moved in the city and needed time to save money in order to rent their own flat. Not only they moved to another country, but also they barely speak English which makes everything more difficult. They struggle to find a job and this is slowing everything else down. Since the beginning it was extremely hard. They had to comment and have their opinions in everything we did and decided. Furniture and decor included. I thought I was ready for this, well prepared to endure it but it's so much more worse than I thought. They are everywhere all the time. I feel like I don't have any space, any privacy and no freedom to do what I want in my house. They leave things around and don't put things in their own places. They keep asking us to do what they want as we were children and this really drives me crazy. They moan and complain about our habits and our being frugal and try to save money as we have a mortgage to pay. They complain about the fact that we try to save money keeping gas and electricity bills low. They get mad when we say to them to turn off lights if they are not using them, complain that it's too cold and we should keep the heating on all day and so much more. Living with them is being a nightmare but there is nothing I can do to speed up the process. We are grown-up who had lived together and abroad for 2 years and in just two months they made us feel as we are family children again. We tried already to set boundaries and to tell them to leave us alone, especially when we are off from work and want to chill and spend some quality time just me and my boyfriend, as we work so much. But here we go again, whenever we could have some time for ourselves, they knock at ours bedroom asking for favours and things to do for them, as they cannot do anything by themselves. If we say no, a big tragedy comes. My boyfriend always has to drive them somewhere, solve some problems or doing something for them. He's stressed about that and tried to talk to them uncountable times but nothing changed. I wish I could do something for him but it's being really difficult to cope with it. I hope it will end soon.

Evaluation of Barnardo's Barnardo’s is one of the many agencies that serve to equip children to assert their right to protection from abuse and exploitation. Founded by Thomas John Barnardo in 1866, this charity has helped many and many vulnerable children and young people. The founder started opening a school in London to educate children left orphaned from cholera outbreak but soon after he found out that several children were living in poverty and in dreadful conditions. At that point, Thomas John Barnardo decided to dedicate his life helping vulnerable children, offering them shelters, food, education and support, believing that with the right help, children can change their lives and achieve their potential. Although he was famous for his children’s homes, Barnardo believed that ideally, a child should grow up in a family setting, so he introduced the idea of “fostering”, boarding out children to host families. His initiative was supported by different important and influencer people such as the late Diana, Princess of Wales, who was President of Barnardo’s from 1984 to 1996. Nowadays Barnardo’s ideas are still the heart of the charity that offers several services to children and families in order to make sure no child is turned away from the help they need. The objectives of this charity, in fact, are to make sure children get the help and support they need in order to achieve their full potential creating opportunities and encouraging even the most vulnerable children to transform their lives and fulfil their potential. They aim to believe in every child’s abilities and to promote mental health and wellbeing. To achieve its goals, Barnardo’s offers a range of services. It helps children and young people that experienced sexual abuses by supporting them with one-to-one counselling, group work and drop-in sessions. It also organises learning programmes in schools to help prevent and raise awareness of child sexual exploitation. Furthermore, it helps and supports families, young people in care and children seeking asylum giving practical support, such as help with housing, medical needs and education to abused children or children in need. It is also an adopting and fostering agency. Concerning fostering and adopting, for example, Barnardo’s goal is to place children that cannot be looked after by their birth parents, with lovely and caring families. In doing so, Barnardo’s offers training and support to families and carers that want to adopt a child.