It is easy to be absorbed by the negativity that surrounds foster care and foster parenting. Ask me about any facet of foster care and I can quickly give you a response about how hard, challenging, and terrible it is. It is much more difficult to view foster care from a positive perspective and I often find myself wondering if anyone would choose to become a foster parent based on what I have told them. I can’t say that I…
Recently, I was talking with a friend about the ins and outs of foster care and some of the things we have experienced with each of our foster children. We were discussing, specifically, the dilemma of schooling when children are removed from their homes. Each of our five foster children had to transfer into the school district in which we live at some point during their stay with us. For four, that transfer was immediate. Our current foster son was…
