Eldest foster child is gearing up to get a driving licence…I sat next to a foster mum at a Blue Sky support session a while back and got an inside track on this one.A few years ago her foster child hit 17 and immediately applied for a driving licence.He came home from his first lesson and said the instructor had advised him to ask his parents if he could go out on the road in the family car...
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Friday, April 22, 2022
"ELEMENTARY MY DEAR FOSTER PARENT"
Whenever a new child comes we get a dossier on what's known about them. But the information is a molehill compared to the mountain that you quickly pick up about them.Take Saul, with us for a wee while now. Social Services are beavering on getting him back home and things are on track there.But he's been under our roof for a few weeks now and we're getting to know him in the round.For example;...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
SO FAR SO GOOD
Saul came through his first Contact with us not too badly, really.There are so many worries about these darned Contacts I get almost as stressed as the children.No hang on, that's rubbish; the stuff going on for them is beyond belief. I guess what I'm saying is I share a bit of that stress for them.I got to see Saul's mother for the first time. You can never put a lid on your curiosity...
Tuesday, April 05, 2022
CONTACT
So Saul has been with us just over a week.He's still in that 'honeymoon' period of being polite and co-operative, but that will change, mainly because his next Contact is pencilled in for two days time. 'Contact' for anyone new to fostering is a requirement. It's written in to law that children in care must meet with significant others at least once a woeek. Those who made the law had the...