Fostering Patience It’s Monday again and to be honest I seething, The meeting’s been cancelled and the little one’s teething, I need a decision; it was needed last week, It’s a struggle I tell you, to be smiley and meek. They say to be calm and to focus on child, But I’d like them to…
How complex attachment can look like divide and conquer! When a baby has early experiences of regularly and relatively calmly having their emotional and physical needs met through kindly interactions both physically and verbally, consistently and without too much stress then they can relax and get on with growing their brain and enjoying new experiences…
Okay so the one thing I always find difficult about writing blogs is how to start them, so I thought I would first just tell you a little bit about ourselves. My name is Charlotte and I married my best friend and now husband Lee last December, we are 27 and 31 years old. We…
Jenny Molloy aka Hope Daniels or ‘Hackney Child’, as her social worker files named her, spent most of her childhood in care. She is very proud to refer to herself as a ‘care leaver in recovery’. She is called on by government bodies to advise on the care and fostering of children and helped to…
Attachment is the relationship and bond a child has with a caring adult or adults. Levy & Orlans (1998) tell us, Attachment is a deep and enduring connection established between a child and caregiver in the first several years of life……Attachment is not something that parents do to their children; rather it is something that…
The Match It is when I look back at the life I have had, And the things I thought normal, at my Mum and my dad, And yet it was so easy, experience full, Not much was lacking, my glass was well full. So I look with amazement as the referral comes in, The chid…
Following on from some recent discussions about children and carers getting back in contact with each other, we are delighted to introduce a group set up to ensure relationships between children in care and their former caregivers remains a prominent consideration in their lives. The newly formed group Fostering Contact are dedicated to ensuring that…
Myth buster Number 1 I can’t foster because I had a difficult childhood / was in care myself WRONG The reality is that many people rule themselves out of fostering before even asking the question. Over the next few weeks we will be myth busting to help you consider whether fostering is something you could…
As experienced child care practitioners we were appalled by the outcome of the report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham over the last 16 years. Not just as childcare practitioners but as parents and humans! Appalled by the actions of those who perpetrated the abuse and appalled by the services that failed to protect the…
Mummy’s School Holiday! To be honest right now it’s a miracle I’m writing, The dog won’t shut up and the kids keep on fighting, The floor is a mess, and the garden’s a dump, It is no wonder I tell you the kids call me grump. But I’m not giving up, I remain in control,…