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Anyone have their difficult child in an out of home placement?
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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 294621" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Erin your worry is valid; no doubt about it, AND as you get to know the placement you may feel a bit less worried. Foster mum may be calling you on a regular basis to chat ~ I've become "friends" & co-parents with my sons foster parents.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Both of my children are in placement even as we speak. wm has been out of my home for a combination of almost 6 years; kt is currently in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for her 3rd time.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Saying that, I used to worry but now am concerned about this or that....the little things only a mom can do. However, my little wonders rarely let me do those things so I quit worrying. I could not safely parent my children in the home ~ they were putting family at high risk.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">My attitude for wm who is currently in a foster group home is that we are a "family of different addresses". I co-parent wm with foster mum & dad. I am truly grateful that these 2 wonderful people have made such a commitment to my son. And we are family ~ including all the bdays & holidays. wm needs 4 parents if not more to raise him safely. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Where kt heads after this Residential Treatment Center (RTC) stint is anybody's guess. My guess that it would be back home with an even higher level of services as the county is no longer taking voluntary foster placement. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">What happens tears a mom's heart apart & then the peace & quiet of having a mentally/emotionally ill child in the constant care of another begins to heal a very torn & frazzled mom's heart. You begin to trust your judgment once again & there are actual times when your soul is at peace.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 294621, member: 393"] [SIZE=4][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Erin your worry is valid; no doubt about it, AND as you get to know the placement you may feel a bit less worried. Foster mum may be calling you on a regular basis to chat ~ I've become "friends" & co-parents with my sons foster parents. Both of my children are in placement even as we speak. wm has been out of my home for a combination of almost 6 years; kt is currently in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for her 3rd time. Saying that, I used to worry but now am concerned about this or that....the little things only a mom can do. However, my little wonders rarely let me do those things so I quit worrying. I could not safely parent my children in the home ~ they were putting family at high risk. My attitude for wm who is currently in a foster group home is that we are a "family of different addresses". I co-parent wm with foster mum & dad. I am truly grateful that these 2 wonderful people have made such a commitment to my son. And we are family ~ including all the bdays & holidays. wm needs 4 parents if not more to raise him safely. Where kt heads after this Residential Treatment Center (RTC) stint is anybody's guess. My guess that it would be back home with an even higher level of services as the county is no longer taking voluntary foster placement. What happens tears a mom's heart apart & then the peace & quiet of having a mentally/emotionally ill child in the constant care of another begins to heal a very torn & frazzled mom's heart. You begin to trust your judgment once again & there are actual times when your soul is at peace. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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