Youngest foster child has come through a bad patch.School wasn't working as well as it might and the child was reluctant to get ready in the morning. I often ended up going out the front door, and sitting in the car to give a sense of inevitability that the school run will happen even though the child is stubbornly sitting on the bottom stair not putting on their shoes.These stand-offs were...
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
MOMENTS THAT MAKE YOUR HEART GO ZING
Fostering can be a delight, it can also be a slog. I doubt I'm telling anyone anything they don't already know.It's human nature to dwell on the things that could be better rather than the things that are going great, and that's good because there's always something that wants improving. If we fostering folk went around with our heads in the clouds there'd be little or no progress.Once a month...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
FOSTERING CHILDREN AND ….DEATH
A foster carer who often offers wisdom on this blog, "Mooglet" commented on "Home From Home" that sometimes their dog is first to spot when a foster child is sad or troubled.So, so true.Not that foster carers are oblivious to a child's moods, far from it. It's the kernel of what we do.But we also have to cook dinner, keep the house tidy, do the shopping……get the car through its MOT, find someone...
Sunday, February 11, 2024
CHECK YOUR POCKETS FOR FISH
We had a really healthy argument in the house yesterday, between me and our middle foster child.When you start in fostering you hope it's going to be roses all the way, and there are bouqets aplenty for sure, but there's no such thing as roses all the way in human affairs. Sometimes it's nettles and brambles, and the art of fostering is making sure it ends as roses. What the foster mum or dad...