General Chat

Oh my God Blondie, thats diabolical!! I'd never have thought that. Surely police checks would show something up? Unless they hadnt been convicted of anything, I suppose thats the loophole. I know the church (catholic and C of E) can be a tad dodgy too.

a new friend of mine poured her heart out to me one night, must of had a kind face, but what she told me horrified me and the poor woman is getting counciling now, she was wrongly taken from her parents proved years later when it was too late, then the foster mother of all the things to say to her was ' come with me you will be fine you are going on holiday'. she ended up in a house with the foster parents own kids and was told how lucky she was to be in there care and she felt like she was just a slave, the foster parents drank too much went out to much. i know of a few more horror stories , but in all fairness i belive there to be good foster cares too. one that has just popped to mind , another friend who was a mental health team worker who worked with abused kids said some of the carers acctually were part of child sex rings and groomed the children in there care horrifying.

I haven't a clue about guidelines, but I don't agree with this. He should be treated as one of the family, I bet his foster parents are quick enough to accept the generous payments Social Services now give out, poor little lad. I think some foster parents are fantastic and do a difficult job v well, but some probably are more 'routine', feeding them, providing them with a bed, and waiting for the next Social Services meeting.

I think he should speak to his Social Worker & soon !! ,,,,,Fostering is about taking a child into your home and care for them as part of a safe family enviroment **and .if the child wishes part of he family,**,, On the surface this appears to be a serious breach,,,,,,

Can this be right? My son has a 12 year old school friend who is living with a foster family. He is not in care because he is ‘bad’ but because of a family bereavement. If the family go out they do not take the lad with them nor will they allow him remain at home on his own. The lad finds this quite distressing. Surely this cannot be correct? Are there not guidelines or ‘expectations’ on how Foster children are treated or cared for? I hate to think of the both the implications and the uproar there would be should anything happen to this lad? I thought children are placed into foster care to provide safe caring environments for them to live in?