Been laid up after having a minor op.
In fostering you try to turn any and every situation into one which keeps the fostering going.
What I mean by that is that fostering is about a good bit more than providing some poor child a roof and food.
Our job is to get them ready to go home, to fly our nest and make a go of it in the nest that nature intended.
Foster children usually arrive badly...
Monday, August 29, 2016
Thursday, August 18, 2016
'HAPPY' FAMILIES
Been on holiday for ten days, apologies for the gap in posting.
We always find one thing hard about holidaying with foster children. We notice it more when we are on holiday than the rest of the year, but it helps remind us of something that foster children find hard all year round.
When you're on holiday you're surrounded by other families, and they all seem so normal.
On holiday there are family...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
ARE FOSTER CHILDREN NATURAL BREXITEERS?
They've just published a survey showing the favourite brands of people who voted Leave versus people who voted Remain.
Got me thinking.
Just for a bit of fun, knowing what we know about the Referendum, supposing children had had a vote, how would they have voted, and why?
The Referendum was about more than just the EU, it was a vote about who you are, how your life is and what you think about other...
Friday, August 05, 2016
HOW THEY SUDDENLY COME ON
It might be my imagination but foster children seem to develop in sudden spurts, more so than ordinaries. By the way, I hope 'ordinary' children is an okay way of describing one's own children and other children who are not in care, only I can't think of a better single word. It's like when there's a cup of tea being offered and you hear "Do you want fruit tea or ordinary?". It's no slight to call...