My wife and I started fostering almost a year ago because we wanted to be a family and support system for older children aging out of the system. A therapist we know with a lot of experience with foster children told us yesterday exactly what Colin said here: that a lot of the older children would rather be alone and age out on their own…
My wife and I started fostering almost a year ago because we wanted to be a family and support system for older children aging out of the system. A therapist we know with a lot of experience with foster children told us yesterday exactly what Colin said here: that a lot of the older children would rather be alone and age out on their own because that’s what they are use to from their biological and foster families, being alone. I know that wasn’t the central topic of this interview, but the topic of fostering is front and center in our lives right now. And I do think it is beautiful that the idea was originally Ruby’s almost as if Colin and Gail are honoring the memories of their children by expanding their family to include children who have lost their own families in some fashion.
My wife and I started fostering almost a year ago because we wanted to be a family and support system for older children aging out of the system. A therapist we know with a lot of experience with foster children told us yesterday exactly what Colin said here: that a lot of the older children would rather be alone and age out on their own because that’s what they are use to from their biological and foster families, being alone. I know that wasn’t the central topic of this interview, but the topic of fostering is front and center in our lives right now. And I do think it is beautiful that the idea was originally Ruby’s almost as if Colin and Gail are honoring the memories of their children by expanding their family to include children who have lost their own families in some fashion.