Too many teenagers have no one to turn to when life gets tough. The Lost Boys Taskforce wants to change that
Paul Barber, the Brighton chief executive, is in charge of a football club widely admired for its excellent management and shrewd way of operating, but his life could have ended up in a very different place. When he was 13 years old, Barber experienced what he describes as a “seismic shock” after his father left home suddenly and never returned. Barber did not see his father again for 45 years, until the day before his death.
“I’d gone from this well-balanced, well-adjusted kid doing OK at school, doing everything else OK, to one that was playing truant, being disruptive, disengaging from friends, disengaging from football, disengaging from any relationship with my teachers and suddenly my whole life seemed to be out of control,” he says.
Continue reading…Too many teenagers have no one to turn to when life gets tough. The Lost Boys Taskforce wants to change thatBy The Football MinePaul Barber, the Brighton chief executive, is in charge of a football club widely admired for its excellent management and shrewd way of operating, but his life could have ended up in a very different place. When he was 13 years old, Barber experienced what he describes as a “seismic shock” after his father left home suddenly and never returned. Barber did not see his father again for 45 years, until the day before his death.“I’d gone from this well-balanced, well-adjusted kid doing OK at school, doing everything else OK, to one that was playing truant, being disruptive, disengaging from friends, disengaging from football, disengaging from any relationship with my teachers and suddenly my whole life seemed to be out of control,” he says. Continue reading…
