Just when as a foster mum you think maybe you know as much as you need to know, along comes something.Been at it donkey's years now. Ought to know a thing or three.Then along comes transitioning.Up to now, like most - if not almost everyone - I thought I knew a bit about it, from the news, from documentaries and dramas and articles In newspapers and magazines.I can tell you for sure that nothing prepares...
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Friday, July 22, 2022
TRANSITIONING IN FOSTERING
Been quiet on the blog, been busy on the fostering front.We've taken a new pacement and he's wonderful. But it's complicated.I use the word "he" because he is now a he.But this issue is not why the placement is complicated.It's complicated as these things often are by chaotic parenting and an awful home life.The child was one of many in a house supported magnificently by Social Servies wher...
Saturday, July 16, 2022
FOSTERING GIVES CONFIDENCE
Blimey, 'gatherings' are ever-changing aren't they?A 'gathering' is what used to be called a 'party' but our young discovered they could easier get the nod for a 'party' by calling it a 'gathering'.Are us adults sufficiently gullible that we fall for things if they are blustered?Yes. For a while. Ask the outgoing British Prime Minister. The gathering was the weekend after Westminster's...