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Mark and his brother spent much of their childhood in and out of local authority care homes.
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WHOLE PERSON
By Mark Edwards
Father Mark tells about his time in the care of the social services and how he tried to commit suicide... He explains how his faith has brought him healing and wholeness - though he does admit he's still not perfect! From the age of three, Mark and his brother spent much of their childhood in and out of local authority care homes. At foster homes they were treated sometimes like second class citizens.

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Taking Care explores a different kind of childhood.

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julia evans
I hope to encourage social work students to listen to your words - they make more impact than reading any number of books

Kay
I am a manager of a childrens home, and I have found this video exteremly intresting, is there any possibility of getting these short films on a disk, as they are a usfull tool when working with young people.
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Muwanga T. Godfrey
Good job, please keep it up, thanks.

Rod Wohl
We seem to live in a society where trivial things are made in to earth shattering disasters, maybe it would be better to see the bigger picture and admit we live a privaleged life and not expect a few bumps in lifes road, being brought up in care is an oportunity not a means to excuse failure.




Title:
WHOLE PERSON
Contributor:
Mark Edwards
Length:
2.18 mins
Date:
16 Feb 2004
Source:
Video Nation Cumbria
Country:
England - North
Categories:
Belief
Identity
Sadness
Feature:
Taking Care


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