My Life Ruined by Care


My Life Ruined by Care I am writing about my personal experience in foster care. I was placed in foster care when I was 11 years old, due to family problems. Firstly, I didn’t like the way I was taken from my mother by a social worker and two police officers, which left my mother scarred for life. I can still remember her screams to this present day. I was placed in a foster home with three other children in the care system. I was never once taken on a holiday or even taken out for the day. My mother was refused access to see me for two years, which is totally wrong. I can remember when I finally saw my mum. I didn’t know what to say to her. I remember my foster parents telling me that if my mother asked I should tell her that I was OK in foster care so I didn’t upset her. So I told her lies that I was OK. I was not OK – far from it. I needed my mum. After I saw my mum for the first time I wanted to see her again, so I ran away from my foster home and walked roughly 8 miles home at 10.00pm at night. I was taken back to my foster home and put on a high risk because I had ran away. I ended up missing 1½ years of school and because I was messed up in my head when I moved home I missed a further 3 years of school. I received no help from social services. I am still all over the place to this present day after my experience in foster care. I suffer from depression. I also suffer when I am left alone in my home and I have sleepless nights. I have tried to kill myself four times. I have anger management problems and am currently on electronic tagging from the court system with my anger problems. I believe strongly that this is caused by my experience in foster care. I also have a younger brother who was never taken into foster care. He lived at the same address when all this took place. I have never understood why if it was so important for me to be placed in care why not my brother as well? Bradford Published by Fassit UK© Back