It takes a village to raise a child. On entering a local school many years ago I noted that over the internal door it stated, “ It takes a village to raise a child” AFRICAN PROVERB. It means that an entire community of people must interact with children for them to...
A Level Results Today Michael announced “No way am I applying to go to University in two years!” I sighed as I looked at one of the brightest young people I have ever known……. But I understood what had brought about this outburst. It came in response to him having...
We are all human – we need to acknowledge our mistakes! A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from our local hospital – a nurse asking why we had not attended the planned appointment for Michael (name changed ) . I asked “What appointment?” …… as there had...
Caravan Break. As soon as our Supervising Social Worker left us on Tuesday, Peter and I packed the car to travel to visit the static caravan of a close friend on a local site. She had insisted that we have an overnight stay there (alone) to have a break from our...
Fostering Blog I was in touch with another foster carer – my friend Janet, (names changed) just after her placement ended on Friday , then a couple of times over the weekend. She described her feelings of disappointment in detail. James had refused to pack his...
BLOG 8 – Covid 19 Lockdown It takes a particular type of person to succeed as a foster carer – you really don’t know if it is for you unless you try. It can certainly be very rewarding, but it isn’t without challenge. I don’t regret the choice we made to pursue...
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