One of the hardest things in fostering - maybe one of the hardest things in parenting generally - is helping children decide what to do with their adult lives.
I remember way back when I was a volunteer helper at a youth club, there was a gang of five girls, all the same age who hung out together every time they were there which was most times.
I remember one was called Maureen, there was a Tina...
Monday, June 29, 2020
Friday, June 26, 2020
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
I guess I'm not the only foster mum with a twenty-four hour house just now.
Computer games are best played with other people and if players can find themselves a group who are up late all the better.
The social group in my house is based in New Zealand, Australia, Germany, South Carolina and Aspen Colorado.
Brilliant!
This kind of stuff is nothing worse than humankind moving itself to the next...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
CRISIS FINDS CHARACTER
I can only speak for my own foster children, although my Blue Sky social worker and others at the office say that my experience is not uncommon;
It's this; the rest of us can learn a few things from the way children in care are dealing with the whole pandemic thing.
Really.
I've noticed many adults going one way or another depending on their general disposition. Glum people have got glummer, cheery...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
THINKING OF FOSTERING?
So. I've been thinking back to the time when I was wondering about whether to foster.
It first crossed my mind way back as a child when I saw something on TV about some children that were fostered. It was quite a revelation to me, nobody (as far as I knew) at any of the schools I'd attended were fostered. If they were it may have been kept a secret; not that long ago there were stigmas attached to...