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One of the biggest changes I've seen in fostering is mobile phones.
Put simply, they didn't used to be an issue when I started fostering because they didn't exist.
Today; they exist alright, and are almost at the very centre of the lives of every yo...
We have a four-year old family member staying with us, his mum and dad have got the builders in.
It's only for a fortnight, we talked it through with our social workers; thumbs up. My foster kids love a raucous household and I'm pottering until half eleven every night putting the house back together…...
Fostering; where a family (or a solo adult) takes in a child who needs caring for. The fosterers could be a mum and dad with children of their own, or a single person. They could be in work or between jobs, or retired. Might be religious or not, might have pets* or not. There's no template for us fostering folk.
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I bumped into one of our neighbours in the high street recently.
She's not someone I'm particularly connected to, but our paths cross and we have an occassional chat, usually a gossip about things going on in our road.
I asked her if she was busy an...
I often find myself reassuring people who are thinking about becoming foster parents about the lengths Blue Sky go to to ensure that each foster child is a good 'fit' for their carers' home life. This includes any foster children already in the home.
They call it 'matching'.
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