Andrew and I were asked to participate in a panel discussion hosted by our agency for folks considering becoming foster parents. The audience was a group of people that had almost completed their MAPP training and were working toward becoming certified foster parents. Some will make it, others won’t. We sat on the panel with a [...]
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The panel
Posted in Agency, Blitzen, Certification, Uncategorized, tagged Blitzen, Foster care, foster parenting, parenting, village, why we do it on March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Why Do We Do It? (One of Fosterhood’s answers)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged village, why we do it on August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You remember Fosterhood, our favorite fostering blog. People ask her why she fosters, and doesn’t she get attached to the child? “Yes. You’re supposed to. I think that’s why they’re looking for human beings to foster and not robots”. The real question they’re asking though is “Isn’t it so incredibly painful when the children are [...]
Why Do We Do It? (One of Andrew’s non-answers)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged village, why we do it on August 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
So why do we do it? What good is it? Does it teach you anything? Like determination? Invention? Improvisation? Foresight? Hindsight? Love? Art? Music? Religion? – Terry and Renny Russell, On the Loose Judging by the reactions we get when we mention our impending FosterWee, it’s surprising for white urban professionals to choose fostering over [...]
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