How a child feels when they are chucked around the system
I am bad
I know I am bad as my Mum doesn’t want me
That’s why I’m in care
If she wanted me, I’d still be with her
I am bad
I know I’m bad as I’ve had nine placements
In three years
No one can cope with me
I don’t blame them
I am bad
I know I’m bad as every school I go to tells me I am
I’m always in isolation, detention or excluded
I’m always on the shite list
I am bad
I know I’m bad coz the social worker made me sign a behaviour agreement
I wanted to stick to it, but I couldn’t
Everything I do is wrong
I am bad
I know I’m bad coz I listened to my last foster carers on the phone
Shirley told the agency that she couldn’t cope with me anymore
She thinks I’ve got serious mental health problems
So do I
I am bad
I know I’m bad coz Mum hasn’t turned up for the last three contacts
Why would she?
Who wants to see such a bad kid
I am bad
I know I’m bad coz Dad used to beat me
I must have deserved it
It made me behave
Why don’t the carers beat me too?
I am bad
I know I’m bad as my two little sisters have been adopted
I won’t see them anymore, probably coz I’m bad
I haven’t been adopted
I’m too bad to be adopted
I am bad
I know I’m bad coz I have to attend lots of meetings
Good kids don’t have to attend
I think the adults are fed up with me
That’s why they keep having meetings
I am bad
I know I’m bad coz I’m now in a residential unit
They don’t know what else to do with me
All the kids here are bad
At least I fit in now
I’m sorry I’m so bad