Thought for the day – Searching for answers
Searching for the right answer? Children are allowed to be who they are and to search answers even when their values do not match yours. Whether birth or fostered, children …
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Thought for the day – Placements
Children are NOT Placements! I know, so many people argue that the word used does not matter, but children in care have voiced their thoughts on the use of …
Thought for the day – Attachment
Attachment It takes a long time to build an attachment! I see it all the time, people upset that their foster/adoptive child has not bonded with them. Eventually we get …
Thought for the day – Perfect families
Perfect families do not exist. We all have them, friends and family that only show and share only the happy moments, those perfect looking moments where everyone is getting …
Thought for the day – Claim your victories!
Claim your victories! We all know what it is like, the stress of dealing with an education and social care system that appears to often be broken. We know how …
Thought for the day – best interest?
Is it “in the best interest of the child”? When fostering or caring for a child, one thing that must be considered is whether or not what you are doing …
Thought for the day – Not going to plan
Everything isn’t always going to go to plan and that is OK. Sometimes things just happen and people make mistakes. Life does not happen in a straight line, things …
Thought for the day
Thought for the day…if you end the sentence with “there was no reason” or “I don’t know why they did it”, then you haven’t done enough investigating yet because there …
Thought for the day – Lucky?
Foster children are not “lucky” to be in foster care. Each and every child in this world should have a loving and safe home to live in. They should each …
Thought for the day
Thought for the day…Foster children are not “lucky” to be in foster care. Each and every child in this world should have a loving and safe home to live in. …