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Off the back of the volunteering thread, has anyone here had experience of being a foster parent?
My mrs has been interested in the idea for quite a while and I'd back her 100%, so we have just started the first stages of putting the ball in motion. Anyone done/doing it?
Be interested in people's opinions on the whole process that you have to go through, and what you get out of it as individuals if you were approved and went on to foster.
We have 2 grown up kids of our own, (adults now) and so the house is often a bit to quite for us these days, (I know, mad eh.)
We would just like to hopefully give something back and hopefully try and help make some kids lives brighter along the way whether that be for short or long term periods of time.
TIA
My mrs has been interested in the idea for quite a while and I'd back her 100%, so we have just started the first stages of putting the ball in motion. Anyone done/doing it?
Be interested in people's opinions on the whole process that you have to go through, and what you get out of it as individuals if you were approved and went on to foster.
We have 2 grown up kids of our own, (adults now) and so the house is often a bit to quite for us these days, (I know, mad eh.)
We would just like to hopefully give something back and hopefully try and help make some kids lives brighter along the way whether that be for short or long term periods of time.
TIA
Nothing i can add that is of use to you.
Many years ago i knew someone who was in foster care and my observations are that there are some very damaged kids out there. Often so damaged and so distrusting of 'the system' that the job of a foster carer is made all the harder.
Biggest issue for me though would be all that contact with social workers. I am sure that there are some great ones out there but i have yet to meet one.
Good luck with it all though.
Many years ago i knew someone who was in foster care and my observations are that there are some very damaged kids out there. Often so damaged and so distrusting of 'the system' that the job of a foster carer is made all the harder.
Biggest issue for me though would be all that contact with social workers. I am sure that there are some great ones out there but i have yet to meet one.
Good luck with it all though.
Don1 said:
There was a thread on this last month I think.
Doh!Thanks, I'll try the search bar
Wow! Found said thread. Very interesting, informative and moving. I will show that thread to the mrs when she gets in from work later. She is a support worker for people with special needs and loves her job but is looking for more. I like the idea also as I was blessed with fantastic parents who moulded me and enabled me to raise my daughter and stepson to be the adults they are today and I'm very proud of them.
We've had a tough couple of years of our own but it's these things that have made us stronger and we really like the idea of trying to give something back. I think respite/weekend cover would be our best way of starting, providing obviously we can tick all the boxes to prove we are suitable.
Lots more research to do.
Edited by chilistrucker on Monday 5th October 18:18
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