Our transitioning foster son is doing great, all things considered.Yeah, he's doing great, it's the people who are using the issue of transitioning as a political football who are doing not so well.When the government were recently described as a "parcel of rogues" in the House of Commons, the reference was entirely about ill-gotten wealth.Shame, because roguery comes in many forms, and one...
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
LITTLE THINGS MATTER
There are, in my experience, tons of folks who wonder "Could I foster?"I remember a story I read as a child about a wise man who wandered from village to village and villagers would tap him for his wisdom. One time a villager asked him if believing in any of the Gods was the answer. The wise man pointed to a tree and walked away.This response caused endless argument in the village, A year later...
Sunday, January 22, 2023
HAND WASHING
When you foster a child one of the first things that rears itself into view is the child's view of their own family.They are bewildered - especially if young - that they've been haulded out of a domestic situation that they assume is normal. "So," they think to themselves "Why an I now living and sleeping in a stranger's house, and who do they think they are? What, so some stranger told...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
YIKES! MY FOSTER CHILD IS AN ADULT!
Interesting question; what happens to a child in care when they reach their 18th birthday?They're not a child any more, not in the eyes of the law. Mind, does that mean they're ready to get out there into the big bad world and fend for themselves?Stupid question. Of course not.Why, I'm not sure I'm ready yet, and my 18th birthday is a dim and distant, except for one sure memory, namely...