One thing I will say that dawned on me my 1st day working in foster care that I did not realize when I was in the system: As a foster child I was always scared to 100% be myself because I thought that if I showed who I really was or got in trouble one too many times that the foster family I was with would call my case worker and kick me out. In my head I thought you have that option with us where as if it was their biological children they could not do that. So it kept me from being completely comfortable in any home I was placed in. In the back of my mind there was always this edgeyness that I could be out the door tomorrow. I think this post is kind of painting the homes I was in in a bad light and I am not trying to do that. All of the most important people in my life today I met because of foster care. I dont know how, because I never overcame it myself, but in my new position with DSS I want to help ease some of these childrens mind that they do not have to worry about that. My job will be to recruit and train foster parents so I guess the 1st step will be to make sure I choose people that are truly in it for the right reasons and want to go above and beyond their duty as foster parents.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 01:56:46 +0000
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