Survival

Well, it was a very long weekend with the weekend placements. I truly hope that the siblings are split up, one child needs to be in a therapeutic home. After the 30 minutes of crying, screaming and tantruming at Chic Fil A we didn’t take the kids out for the rest of the weekend. Had to ban them from Benjamin’s room after trashing it and breaking his toys. Had to ban outside after kid was hitting the dogs with a baseball bat and beating his brother. Had a kid threaten to pee himself which didn’t get him anywhere. Had one cry every time he didn’t get his way, didn’t work.

They came with an interesting bag..... our association had recently given us totes for foster kids so they will leave with new underwear, socks and a few outfits.

The whole family was very annoyed and at times looked at them in amazement. There came a point where I started to feel sympathy for them. Their coping skills were so ineffective. Makes me wonder how things were in their house and how they cope at school. They really need some help and our home wouldn’t be the place for them. We have come to the point in our fostering journey where we are not able to take on kids with high needs. It would simply be harmful for our kids.

Tomorrow morning the boys will leave and I hope that DSS will be able to find a good placement for them.