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Fosterman

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Fosterman is a father and a fostercarer. He's fun loving and has ample of experience to provide any newbie carer with insight and know-how.

Fosterman Foster Carer and James Blog

Booted n Suited Blog

Fostering Blogger – Fosterman Counting down to the end of the exams now, it can’t come quick enough for James (name changed). But we had a lovely weekend. It was my granddaughter’s christening, over in Surrey so we had a

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Fosterman Foster Carer and James Blog

Problem Foster Care Blog

Fostering Blogger – Fosterman We are on the finishing straight now regarding exams and you can see that James (name changed) is running out of steam. It’s been a very hard few weeks for him, for one reason or another,

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Less Ordinary Family

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Harriet is a birth mum of two teenage daughters and a fostercarer to a disbled girl called Alice. With her husband, Charlie by her side, they navigate the waters of a less ordinary family lifestyle.

Fulltime Foster Carer - Harriet author of: A Less Ordinary Family

Fostering Blog | Holidays

Thursday’s Fostering Blog We are fast approaching half term. It has been one of those half terms that has felt like it has gone on forever, but now we are approaching the break it somehow seems to have gone fast.

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Fulltime Foster Carer - Harriet author of: A Less Ordinary Family

Alice’s violin

Monday’s Fostering Blog As we head towards the end of the school term things are starting to get very busy in the calendar.  We have two sports days, leavers assemblies and parties, charity coffee morning, awards presentations and music concerts

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Emma’s Fostering Days

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Emma’s Fostering days blog are by an experienced foster carer who gives you an honest and revealing insight into the ups and downs of foster care. A great resource for other carers and those interested in becoming carers.

Lovely language

Emma’s Fostering Blog. Dinner September – Charlie is 7 and I’m beginning to establish a good routine and boundaries, but I am finding the attention seeking, ‘in your face’ type behaviours difficult to ignore. He is constantly ?dgety and anxious,

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Another rejection

Emma’s Fostering Blog. Another rejection I feel like I have failed with Craig. When Craig 14 yrs. came to us we knew it would be a challenge but we never realised just how much. Craig had been in Foster care

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Helen's Fostering Journey

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Helen is new to Foster Carer. After along time thinking about taking the leap Helen and partner get stuck in with there first placement(s). Insight into their journey.

Fostering decisions

Helen’s Fostering Blog Shall we foster? My Stepdaughter needed to be a big part of our discussions and ultimately our decision as to whether we fostered. One of the things myself and my husband were very conscious about was that

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Skills to Foster Training

Helen’s Fostering Blogs Skills to Foster Training Prior to being approved as Foster Carers George and I attended a two-day Skills to Foster Training.  Skills to Foster is a pre-approval training course and its aim is to provide prospective Foster

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