‘Paperwork is not my thing but the way I got through the fostering process was to remember why I was doing it. Not only did I want to foster a child but the approval process is necessary to make sure the child in care is safeguarded – most have already gone through a lot of […]
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‘I love fostering and I’ve done it now for 15 years mostly as a single parent after my first marriage broke down. I was never really interested in meeting someone else and then of course as they always say, when I least expected it, I met Ian,’ said Kerry, from Devon. Kerry’s situation is not […]
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‘I love fostering, I truly do, but when my foster child asked for chips for dinner every night, I did get exasperated’, says Trudy, 32, from South London. ‘I knew he needed to start eating healthily but it has been a real struggle to get him to – it did make me feel like I […]
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I know I’d make a good foster parent, but I don’t want to go through all the bureaucracy
/0 Comments/in foster care comment, fostering myths /by rich‘Paperwork is not my thing but the way I got through the fostering process was to remember why I was doing it. Not only did I want to foster a child but the approval process is necessary to make sure the child in care is safeguarded – most have already gone through a lot of […]
I’m single, what if I meet the right person whilst a foster carer?
/0 Comments/in foster care comment, foster carer blog /by rich‘I love fostering and I’ve done it now for 15 years mostly as a single parent after my first marriage broke down. I was never really interested in meeting someone else and then of course as they always say, when I least expected it, I met Ian,’ said Kerry, from Devon. Kerry’s situation is not […]
I can’t get my foster child to eat healthy food –help!
/0 Comments/in foster care comment, fostering news, fostering questions /by rich‘I love fostering, I truly do, but when my foster child asked for chips for dinner every night, I did get exasperated’, says Trudy, 32, from South London. ‘I knew he needed to start eating healthily but it has been a real struggle to get him to – it did make me feel like I […]