tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980635032314035803.post5124849832288130610..comments2024-02-28T17:35:23.639-06:00Comments on Stare if you must..........: ChangesFeliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05558893889667088182noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980635032314035803.post-88024732598629001212017-10-23T06:32:34.596-05:002017-10-23T06:32:34.596-05:00Heartbreaking. But it has got to do with broader p...Heartbreaking. But it has got to do with broader political choices as well. Support structures for adults should not have to come down to mentoring by foster parents. Bethesdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10260796675037712833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980635032314035803.post-23712758235241751842017-10-13T12:57:40.692-05:002017-10-13T12:57:40.692-05:00Before we took our break with fostering the push w...Before we took our break with fostering the push was to have foster parents to come along beside the parents and mentor them. That got completely blown out of the water when they changed from county placements to regional (actually I think statewide!) placements. Kind of hard to mentor parents when you never meet them! One of our first foster placements that went home went home with our support in place. Today, about 10 years later the kids are still home and we still have a relationship. Actually, they now go to our church. In some cases it is possible. I know that with my baby the parents have moved out of state and I send them pictures and encourage them to keep moving forward.Feliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558893889667088182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980635032314035803.post-54359180308794443972017-10-13T10:59:20.031-05:002017-10-13T10:59:20.031-05:00"It feels as though less and less kids are ab..."It feels as though less and less kids are able to go home. Things are brutal out there."<br /><br />I completely hear you. I don't know the answer, but when I get in my head sometimes I wonder what the effect would be if there could be more focus on coming along side the parents before the kids are taken into care. I don't exactly know how that would be achieved, but in the long run, I feel like the costs to help parents learn and recover would have to be less than the cost of a life time in foster care for the child and the long term effects of coming though foster care. (even with the best care providers) :-(Lisa Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159882299861137621noreply@blogger.com