Daddy’s Boy

Casey Watson

Apr 2016 · Sold by HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the heartbreaking true story of little Paulie, who is just five when he’s taken into care, in what looks like a tragic family breakdown.

Already excluded from his nursery school, and deemed too immature yet for the infants, he’s already lashed out at his 18 month old half-brother, and now, after attacking and killing the family’s pet rabbit, he’s been given up by his mother and step-dad.

Casey’s not used to fostering little ones, but keen to help, she agrees, and gets to meet the strangest 5 year old she’s ever known. He swears like a teenager, has tantrums like a two year old, and the only positive in his life seems to be his love for his real dad, a troubled ex-SAS soldier who he no longer sees.

The plan for Paulie is simple; to try and find a way to get him back home with his family, but the more they get to know Paulie, the more they begin to realise that perhaps ‘home’ isn’t going to be the best place for him after all...

Ratings and reviews

Such a heartbreaking story as a mum to a little boy who also has autism yes it's hard but for a mother and stepparent to just abandoned a child just like that is wrong. Also this story goes to show people how bad mental health problems can get if left untreated

Too short, lacking a plot. Not recommended. I feel ripped off having purchased this book

Not one of the better memoirs. Poorly organized. Didn't make a lot of sense. Don't waste your time or money

About the author

Casey Watson, who writes under a pseudonym, is a specialist foster carer. She and her husband, Mike, look after children who are particularly troubled or damaged by their past.

Before becoming a foster carer Casey was a behaviour manager for her local comprehensive school. It was through working with these ‘difficult’ children – removed from mainstream classes for various reasons – that the idea for her future career was born.

Casey is married with two children and three grandchildren.