When caring for a youngster with a standout issue it's easy to forget the whole person.I've found that fostering a young man who is transitioning is demanding, but not so demanding as I would have imagined prior to taking it on.The whole business is inspiring and enlightening.The biggest downside is, and I'm being absolutley honest here; the mountain of paperwordk and bureaucratic hokum that...
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
FOOD PROBLEM SOLVING
The reason food is a big deal for children coming into care is pretty simple.After the basics of air and water, food is the next most important thing.Children of all shapes and sizes are brought into care for all manner of reasons, but there are some common factors.We had a girl stay with us, her father was starting a ten-year prison sentence for what he did to the girl's older sister. The father...
Friday, November 11, 2022
THAT JOHN LEWIS CHRISTMAS AD
Congratulations to the big shops that decided to hold back on the usual Christmas ads featuring vast banquets of luxury food. Not all did, and the ones that went the traditional way have ended up with egg on their face. Or maybe egg nog.This Christmas is going to be an exercise in careful budgeting for millions.We had a tight Christmas one year a while back. Other half had worked for a...