Foster care placement call example #fosterparent #fostercare #fosterparenting

[sjm]

What an emotional rollercoaster it must be to foster. God bless you. I pray I will be able to do it some day

[rebecca]

I am a foster parent and I sympathize so much with this video. I don't usually comment on videos but this was just so resonate to something similar I am going through right now that I felt I had to. It was good to not feel alone in the ups and downs of placement calls. People say to me "I don't know how you do it". I say the alternative is worse to me. I only have the power to say no to a kid and I would rather feel the powerlessness of not getting a kid I said yes to than not have the opportunity to do it at all.

[katie]

For us they told us they would be there that night. Then that night they said it would be the next day. The next day they said they are going to try to make it work at Mom's place. That night the 3 kiddos were at our house.

[erinmalone]

True. In my case, our first placement, we got set up for one child at a time, but they called and said they had three sisters that needed placement. It was a mad dash to get three beds instead of the one queen we had in the bedroom.😂 a local agency set us up with bunkbeds and the bedding to fit each. You really never know what’s going to come next.❤

[bko]

This happened to me yesterday. I was going to take two kids out of six siblings and then somehow they found someone to take all six so they changed their mind. I'm happy they can stay together, but I was planning all day.

[stayahsome]

Being prepared for that is important. Thanks for your content, it’s very helpful ❤😊

[SusieB-]

Oh, that's got to be so annoying! Then you have to decide: do you add what you bought to the stash in the hopes that it will come in handy in the future, or so do you go back to the store and return everything?

[christysmith]

I find you to be a remarkable human being

[EmCrazy]

One thing ive learnt from my personal experiences as the child with social services is they are ALWAYS late. Not sure if its my personal social worker but I have spoken to 3 different social workers and im pretty sure every one of them was late.. my current one literally has not been on time.. ever 😂

[jamiewilhelm]

Not a foster parent but an adult that was taken away when a child got little bit. Then as adult became a safe house on safety plan with possible temporary custody luckily the dad was found. Being in both sides of this either is stressful and hard 😢it bright back so many childhood memories i didn't know i had

[bt]

I have a question if anyone has the time and experience to answer. How do you all foster and support all of these kids without going into the red yourselves financially? I understand that there are stipends given but they are so low when considering how much money it takes to feed and clothe any child. This is something my partner and I would like to do some day but we are not rich by any means and this is a concern for us.

[MsArmywifie]

That gave you 2 hours. I always ended up with a naked kid at 2 am with a full diaper and no notice. I did keep supplies on hand at home.

[lourdescintron]

OMG! How often does that happen? It must be emotionally fraining.😢

[krystalbaker]

I would love to do that someday when I am not in a ISL and I am living on my own just saying that now

[Dean-]

I am friends with foster kids, and I have actually baby sat them, only after they got to know me, and the foster parents told them what was going to happen, so I was trying to do the same thing.
And since the kids were young kids they would play with toys, and a lot of people don't play with kids while the kids are playing with toys, but I asked them if they wanted me to play with them, so we ended up building a tower, I was so happy to see them happy.

And we where watch a show they wanted to watch, and one of the kids kept looking at me, so I nicely asked "hey, do you want to sit on my lap, or on the couch? You can even stand."
And they just kept wanting to sit on my lap, they had to take turns sitting on my lap. (There where three kids)

[silverdoe]

Wish fosterhomes weren’t treated like this, you are invaluable. With emergency placement & keeping siblings together, I get it. But not this rollercoaster.

[msrmsr]

Wow that is so frustrating and disappointing. You just have to think what is best for the kids.

[robbieanderson]

Hopefully better for the children to be closer to the parent… but how frustrating for you to go to all that

[StandAloneSoul]

That would weigh heavy on my heart. Maybe I'm not fit to be a foster parent.

[TerriAlves]

I didn’t have that experience but it would be kinda irritating especially after all the preparation. A call back in 15 mins is one thing, but after a couple hours is totally out of line.