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Emotionally Drained After My First Video Call With My Former Foster Child I knew the call would be hard. I spent the aftettrying to steady my breathing, reminding myself that this was something I wanted—something I’d waited for. Still, when their name popped up on the screen, my heart stumbled over itself. It had been months since we last spoke, months of wondering how they were adjusting, months of carrying a mix of hope, grief, and the peculiar emptiness that comes from lov

I’ve heard foster carers say a placement ending can feel like a bereavement, but I never really understood that until now. Our home is quiet in a way that feels wrong, like the air itself knows someone is missing. The toys sit untouched. The routines we built have dissolved overnight. And I’m left here, trying to make sense of emotions that feel too big to hold. Heartbroken I miss them. It’s as simple and as complicated as that. I miss their laugh, their stubbornness, their f

Everyone talks about the necessity for birth parents to receive support and assistance in their journey towards rehabilitation, as well...

I will never forget the first week our new foster son moved in. We were walking down our quiet street when, without warning, he bolted off!

When you go through the assessment process to become a foster carer, the social worker carrying out your assessment will ask about your...

I want to talk about something that doesn’t get said often enough, at least not out loud — being a foster carer is challenging. It’s not...

How do you teach traumatised children not to hurt themselves or other children?

What if we stopped calling it foster care and started calling it what it really is? Waiting. Waiting for someone to show up. Waiting for...

Foster care is meant to be a system and a loving home that looks after and protects our most vulnerable children in society. However the...

Foster care is a noble and challenging endeavor that requires immense dedication and compassion. Foster carers play a vital role in...

Children in foster care often face unique challenges that can impact their mental health. It is essential for foster carers to have a...

Imagine a child who has been moved from one foster home to another, never knowing when stability will finally come. This scenario is all...