FOSTERING AND PETS

I've noticed down the years that a high proportion of prospective foster carers have pets. The most recent induction Sunday I attended, there had to be a dog-break so people who'd brought their dogs and had to leave them in the car could get them out to stretch their dog's legs. Perhaps people...

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THE LITTLE THINGS

We had an interesting one this evening, a food thing. Food can be disproportionately huge with foster children. My Blue Sky social worker gets this (one's social worker can be a lifesaver). What happened was;  We bought one of our foster children a caged pet. Sorry, can't do details, not...

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BLOSSOMING ADOLESCENTS

Fostering brings surprises and challenges whatever the age of the child you're looking after. I sometimes refer to my foster children my 'clients' at the moment (not in their earshot), it reminds me that fostering is a professional thing, although it tickles me that many of the other people involved...

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FOSTERING TEENAGERS - THE BIG CAHUNA

We went back into fostering after a break, it's been eight or nine years now, our second stint.  We started out all those years ago with the instinct that foster children would be exactly that; children. The agency we were with back then only had juniors on their books; kids aged around ten...

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