Back Page: Social Claire - A bit of TLC can go a long way - Claireis concerned when one of her group runs away from foster care

7 November 2006 1 min read

One of our group members went missing recently. It's happened several times before. "She'll be back when she's hungry," said her foster carer.

But the hours turned into days and still no word. I was worried sick;young girls are easy prey to some of the more dodgy inhabitants of ourtown.

I was talking about it to Anna, who is now in her 20s. "I used to do itregularly," she said. "A gang of us would run and hang out in town andhide from the police. I did it on my own once or twice, but I feltreally vulnerable."

I asked her why she ran. "Well, my foster carer had three other childrenand it was hectic. I used to run just to get away from it for awhile.

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