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Another day, another story celebrating high volume foster care in the news. On the face of it, it's just an innocuous human interest story about care.
It's not though, and here's why stories like this are a #GoodFirstAttempt but miss the mark entirely.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
It's not though, and here's why stories like this are a #GoodFirstAttempt but miss the mark entirely.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
First and foremost, there is no contribution from any of the children who were in their care.
So what happens is their stories get co-opted. Children's lives are reduced to one line anecdotes and reflections by adults who came and went from their lives. This is unfair.
So what happens is their stories get co-opted. Children's lives are reduced to one line anecdotes and reflections by adults who came and went from their lives. This is unfair.
It's highly unlikely that the children who lived there chose these people as their carers. Or choose to be in care at all.
This couple, however, chose to be foster carers and it's unfair that they use their privileged access to people's lives to tell stories to entertain people.
This couple, however, chose to be foster carers and it's unfair that they use their privileged access to people's lives to tell stories to entertain people.
