Still trudging through the aftermath of our last placement.
We received the first decision. As we already decided we are no longer foster parents. And, it is highly unlikely that we would ever be approved again.
We will be appealing the decision. Not because we want to be foster parents any longer. Not even because we want to be parents at all anymore. But, because we were expected to act on information that we didn’t get and to hunt down information from members of our “parenting team” that weren’t acting as if we were part of the team at all.
It seems to us that we were expected to be more than human and to disregard a near adult’s privacy and rights. Something seems very wrong about that.
When I asked what they expected us to do differently if we were ever parents again. They gave platitudes about using our resources and getting advice from other parents. WE WERE. It didn’t make a frigging difference. Every parent we’ve gotten advice and counsel from confirmed that we did what we could with the knowledge we had at the time.
I mean, how is anyone supposed to be better and do better if the advice we’re given never changes??
Indomitable Bellatrix 