story | Looked After Child https://lookedafterchild.com Supporting Looked After Children and care leavers into independence Sun, 02 Feb 2025 09:56:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://lookedafterchild.com/wp-content/uploads/branding/looked-after-child-logos/Looked-After-Child-Logo-Mark-Primary-Transparent--66x66.png story | Looked After Child https://lookedafterchild.com 32 32 Childhood Regrets: A Reflection on the Mistakes I Made Growing Up https://lookedafterchild.com/childhood-regrets-a-reflection-on-the-mistakes-i-made-growing-up/ https://lookedafterchild.com/childhood-regrets-a-reflection-on-the-mistakes-i-made-growing-up/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://lookedafterchild.com/?p=323924 https://lookedafterchild.com/childhood-regrets-a-reflection-on-the-mistakes-i-made-growing-up/feed/ 0 From Care to Courage: Why I Share My Story of Trauma and Healing https://lookedafterchild.com/from-care-to-courage-why-i-share-my-story-of-trauma-and-healing/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://lookedafterchild.com/?p=323593 I Went Back To Therapy With IESO Review and Actual Session logs https://lookedafterchild.com/i-went-back-to-therapy-with-ieso-review-and-actual-session-logs/ https://lookedafterchild.com/i-went-back-to-therapy-with-ieso-review-and-actual-session-logs/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:50:22 +0000 https://lookedafterchild.com/?p=17178 https://lookedafterchild.com/i-went-back-to-therapy-with-ieso-review-and-actual-session-logs/feed/ 0 A Message to My Father https://lookedafterchild.com/a-message-to-my-father/ https://lookedafterchild.com/a-message-to-my-father/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2023 08:00:59 +0000 https://lookedafterchild.com/?p=15718 https://lookedafterchild.com/a-message-to-my-father/feed/ 2 my first public speech about growing up in care | Looked After Children Promoting Equality Of Opportunity Conference https://lookedafterchild.com/my-first-public-speech-about-growing-up-in-care/ https://lookedafterchild.com/my-first-public-speech-about-growing-up-in-care/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:17:11 +0000 https://lookedafterchild.com/?p=14800 https://lookedafterchild.com/my-first-public-speech-about-growing-up-in-care/feed/ 2 i am a product of generational trauma https://lookedafterchild.com/i-am-a-product-of-generational-trauma/ https://lookedafterchild.com/i-am-a-product-of-generational-trauma/#respond Sat, 02 Jul 2022 12:38:19 +0000 https://lookedafterchild.com/?p=13443 https://lookedafterchild.com/i-am-a-product-of-generational-trauma/feed/ 0 From Looked After Child to the Founder of Winstar Technologies https://lookedafterchild.com/from-looked-after-child-to-the-founder-of-winstar-technologies/ https://lookedafterchild.com/from-looked-after-child-to-the-founder-of-winstar-technologies/#respond Tue, 31 May 2022 16:45:07 +0000 https://lookedafterchild.com/?p=13749 https://lookedafterchild.com/from-looked-after-child-to-the-founder-of-winstar-technologies/feed/ 0 Going into Foster Care Aged 11 https://lookedafterchild.com/going-into-foster-care/ https://lookedafterchild.com/going-into-foster-care/#respond Fri, 13 May 2022 11:34:03 +0000 https://liharris.me/?p=11538 https://lookedafterchild.com/going-into-foster-care/feed/ 0 Sectioned under the mental health act aged 15. At Kent and Medway adolescence hospital, (woodland House) Staplehurst Kent (KMAH) https://lookedafterchild.com/kent-and-medway-adolescence-hospital-woodland-house-staplehurst-kent-kmah/ https://lookedafterchild.com/kent-and-medway-adolescence-hospital-woodland-house-staplehurst-kent-kmah/#respond Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:35:38 +0000 https://liharris.me/?p=13296 https://lookedafterchild.com/kent-and-medway-adolescence-hospital-woodland-house-staplehurst-kent-kmah/feed/ 0 How I become homeless aged 18 and addicted to drugs. https://lookedafterchild.com/how-i-become-homeless-aged-18-and-addicted-to-drugs/ https://lookedafterchild.com/how-i-become-homeless-aged-18-and-addicted-to-drugs/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:43:10 +0000 https://liharris.me/?p=13273 https://lookedafterchild.com/how-i-become-homeless-aged-18-and-addicted-to-drugs/feed/ 1 The Breakdown Of My Second Foster Care Placement https://lookedafterchild.com/the-breakdown-of-my-second-foster-care-placement/ https://lookedafterchild.com/the-breakdown-of-my-second-foster-care-placement/#respond Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:50:23 +0000 https://liharris.me/?p=13117 https://lookedafterchild.com/the-breakdown-of-my-second-foster-care-placement/feed/ 0 My Life With ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) A brief timeline https://lookedafterchild.com/my-life-with-adhd-attention-deficit-hyperactive-disorder-a-brief-timeline/ https://lookedafterchild.com/my-life-with-adhd-attention-deficit-hyperactive-disorder-a-brief-timeline/#respond Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:29:45 +0000 https://liharris.me/?p=13033 https://lookedafterchild.com/my-life-with-adhd-attention-deficit-hyperactive-disorder-a-brief-timeline/feed/ 0 3 years working with independence-development Ltd. (IDL) https://lookedafterchild.com/3-years-working-for-independence-development-ltd-idl/ https://lookedafterchild.com/3-years-working-for-independence-development-ltd-idl/#respond Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:28:09 +0000 https://liharris.me/?p=12459 https://lookedafterchild.com/3-years-working-for-independence-development-ltd-idl/feed/ 0 is this what we call a mid life crisis https://lookedafterchild.com/is-this-what-we-call-a-mid-life-crisis/ https://lookedafterchild.com/is-this-what-we-call-a-mid-life-crisis/#respond Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:40:08 +0000 https://liharris.me/?p=12487 https://lookedafterchild.com/is-this-what-we-call-a-mid-life-crisis/feed/ 0 a new job, to jobless, to employed to director https://lookedafterchild.com/a-new-job-to-jobless-to-employed-to-director/ https://lookedafterchild.com/a-new-job-to-jobless-to-employed-to-director/#respond Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:12:08 +0000 https://liharris.me/?p=12483 https://lookedafterchild.com/a-new-job-to-jobless-to-employed-to-director/feed/ 0 Covid19| The 2020 Lockdown – am i mad yet? https://lookedafterchild.com/covid19-the-2020-lockdown-am-i-mad-yet/ https://lookedafterchild.com/covid19-the-2020-lockdown-am-i-mad-yet/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:41:06 +0000 https://liharris.me/?p=12419 https://lookedafterchild.com/covid19-the-2020-lockdown-am-i-mad-yet/feed/ 0 New Direction. 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