I'm not as pre-occupied with out new child's transitioning as might come across, but it's such a huge new thing for me it's in my mind all the time.But everything else goes on in the fostering world in our house. Some of it like clockwork, most of it not.If there's one thing that fostering brings to a household for which there's no getting round, it's that the normal rhythm of a house is all...
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Much focus in our house at this time remains on the programme of transitioning that our recent arrival is undergoing.In fostering it's a good idea to expect the unexpected, and for sure things keep coming out of the woodwork that are new to me, and frankly new also to the various professionals connected to the child. His school are great; they have a communal bathroom with nothing but cubicles,...
Thursday, September 15, 2022
HANDLING DEATH WITH FOSTER CHILDREN
When you foster you are acting in loco parentis. Looking after someone else's children. Teachers do it all day, but hand the children back to their real parents when the bell goes. We are 24/7.Latin isn't my strong point, but it's a term that stays in my mind partly because the loco bit hints at the crazyness of fully parenting someone else's child, although that's not the intention in this...