I had my in-home meeting with my foster care recruiter last week. One word: overwhelming. Not in the sense that I'm overwhelmed with what will happen in my home and with the people I will work with, but in the scope of the need. I can't help but wonder about the teenagers and the children who nobody (including me) will care for. What happens to their lives?
Next step: Training over the next two weekends.
Monday, April 14, 2008
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Talking about foster care
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You are going to be such a wonderful foster mommy! I can't wait!
As for the not so baby foster kids...They will find people invested in them...teachers, coaches, mentors, group home staff, social workers, counselors...all give what they can to care for these kids. After a certain age, it has to be their decision to accept the help around them (because it is there for them).
All that to say...you're still caring for them, maybe not in your home, but at school. (You even told me about her last week)
Love you!
They run away, live on the street, get into drugs or prostitution, get abused, go to jail, get out and start the cycle again. Hopefuly this is not true for all of them, but i fear that it is for most.
Anonymous, Do you have a name?
Anonymous... attempt to be funny?
Kimberly, Your foster girls were so lucky to have you when you were with them. Thanks for being inspiring (and for continually working with the "tough" teenagers). I wish I could come home and talk about "my" student with you, so you could guide me a little more there. I do feel I'm failing with her, and I miss living with you :)
Jess, Are you my blog bully? ;)
Hmm... blog bully. If by "Bully", you mean "protector of the blog from meddling outsiders", yes. If by "Bully" you mean "poster of the over-generalizing anti-foster kids comment", no.
We all know that I enjoy posting offensive things to shock people and/or get a laugh, but there are some places even I wouldn't go. And this is one of them. Furthermore, I am definitely in the foster kids' corner.
My only concern with you being a foster mom is that I wonder who will parent me, now? We all know that I require at least 4-5 parental units to keep me on track, and I am concerned about a lack of attention that may result in your having others to nurture. This is, of course, selfishness in its purest form. But what else did you expect ;-)?
No not to be funny. Today I picked up a atractive 17 year old white girl at work. She had been reported as a run-away by her mother a month ago. She said that she was thrown out by her mother and had been abused by her father who lives smewhere else. Anyway, she is a couple of states away from her mother now. She now lives with her 20 year old boyfriend (pimp)who has braids and gold teeth, She says thathe has a job but cant tell me what it is. She also says that she is not working as a protitue. I ask her again after I have built some repor. She then tells me that she has worked in the past but that she has not been turned out by this guy yet. This happens all the time. I know that this doesnt happen to all or hopefully even most but i guess it is just the contact i have.
Jeff... I think it's hard not to become jaded when you do what you do. People don't usually need the police to step in when they are well-adjusted, contributing members of society. You get exposed to the stories that didn't have such a good ending.
I miss you friend. When are you going to take me to the shooting range?
I accidentally hit enter rather than Shift J as I was signing my name. Oops.
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