About the Author
Christopher P. Childs
Survivor. Author. Voice for the Voiceless.
A Life Forged in Hardship
Christopher P. Childs was born the result of an affair — unwanted from the very first breath. Raised in New Zealand's social welfare system, he spent his first nineteen years navigating poverty, abuse, and abandonment, passed between households that were never truly home.
Where others saw a dead end, Christopher found a way through. His journey is not one of easy redemption or tidy resolution — it is raw, honest, and at times brutal. But it is also a story of extraordinary resilience, of a young man who refused to be defined by the circumstances of his birth.
By the grace of God, Christopher broke free from the shackles of his first hellish nineteen years of life. He built a career, a family, and a purpose — and eventually found the courage to write it all down.
Today, Christopher P. Childs is an author and CEO who speaks openly about his past in the hope that his story will reach others who have been silenced by circumstance. He believes that no matter where you begin, you are not bound to stay there.
By the grace of God, Christopher broke free from the shackles of his first hellish 19 years of life.
— Born A Bastard
The Book
Born A Bastard: Life of an Unwanted Child
Born A Bastard is Christopher's unflinching memoir — a first-hand account of the first nineteen years of his life. Set against the backdrop of New Zealand's social welfare system, it chronicles abuse, neglect, and the desperate search for belonging.
What Readers Can Expect
Unflinching Honesty
No detail is softened. Christopher writes with the clarity of someone who has processed deep pain and chosen truth over comfort.
A New Zealand Setting
The story is rooted in a specific time and place — the social welfare system of New Zealand — giving readers a window into a world rarely seen from the inside.
Hope Without Sentimentality
This is not a feel-good story. But it is ultimately one of survival and freedom — earned, not given.
A Universal Message
Though deeply personal, the themes of abandonment, identity, and resilience speak to anyone who has ever felt unwanted or unseen.
Why He Wrote It
For years, Christopher carried his story in silence. Writing Born A Bastard was an act of reclamation — a way to take ownership of a past that had been done to him, and to offer it as something useful to others. He wrote it for every child who was told they didn't matter. He wrote it to prove them wrong.
Read the Story
Born A Bastard is available now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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