I got chatting with a lady from the other end of our road, and the subject of fostering came up.She asked me a question along the lines of; "Do you think fostering's for me?"It's a hard question to answer, obviously.I remembered a story I'd read in a children's book as a kid. It was about the Chinese wise man Confuscious.In the story a person goes up to Confuscious and asks; "There are...
Monday, March 17, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
SURFING AND FOSTERING
It's easily the most asked, and also most difficult question in fostering."When am I going home?"For one thing there's nothing bigger in the minds of foster children than going home.Equally, there's no bigger question we have to answer.Kyle asked me a couple of days ago. I had said at teatime that we were taking everyone on a summer mini-break. He hung back when I said people could get down...