A Fostering Journey 80

Let’s be honest, we don’t talk about mental health nearly enough!  Men in particular have a tendency of not discussing our feelings, even to friends and family. Being a Foster Carer can be a very stressful line of work and you could be dealing with young people going...

A Fostering Journey 79

The pros and cons of what age to group to Foster can be very complex. As a Foster Carer, either now or when married, I always kept as wide an age range as possible, basically 0-18. I have fostered young people with special needs and mother and parent placements. So...

A Fostering Journey 78

Are two placements ever the same when you are a Foster Carer? Well you many have the same number of young people in the house but the dynamics are always different. In my Fostering career, as either a single or married man, I have had a nice mix of single children, 2...

A Fostering Journey 77

The time had come for L, the older of the two, to have his appointment at our local general hospital, to try to ascertain why his development has been delayed. When L first came to us it was obvious that there was an issue. He was very unresponsive, was limited in his...

My People

Hello everyone, I am back after completing my GCSE’s, phew, that was a long five weeks. My return blog is about people in the lives of foster children.  Families can be made up of all different units, two mums, two dads, step parents, step brothers and sisters,...
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