Our most memorable posts
Our first entry explains why we switched from a “by invitation
only” newsletter, carefully targeted at former Care Kids, to an open access
blog.
The remainder of 2013 was taken up by a whole series of
guest posts. Most of these contributors
are still close friends and regular readers of our blog but they don’t currently
post new material here for reasons you will discover if you read on.
Early 2014 saw the first mini-crisis in the history of our
blog! We both got new jobs (so we had
less free time for blogging) and we seemed to be attracting readers who were
hostile to our life-style choices. This small minority made many long-time supporters
very uneasy. To cut a long story short a new Care Kids blog was started, under
new management, with a very carefully monitored membership.
The months went by and apart from one new entry in May 2014
our blog was on hold.
But then, quite suddenly, everything changed.
The on-line "Adoption and Fostering in the UK"
forum closed down in very controversial circumstances, our dear friend Didi
submitted a very sad guest post and another friend “Boy who shall not be named”
died.
Late in 2014 we published our book “How I survived in and
out of Care”. When I wrote the book I did so in the
sure and certain knowledge that it would upset some people and annoy others. If
a reader falls into either category then my defence is that articulate and
conscientious adoptive parents or foster carers – the type who would be
sufficiently motivated to join an on-line forum or to read any book of mine on
their vocation – are the exception rather than the rule. The on-going tragedy
is that not all members of this elite group realise that their high standards
are far from universal! Some of my friends had a long and happy relationship
with their foster parents and a number of examples of entirely positive
relationships are included in this book. Other foster parents I know from
bitter first-hand experience just “went through the motions” and the degree of
nurturing, especially when older teenagers were being fostered, that took place
was fairly minimal. It is also my strong impression that the average quality of
foster care gradually declines as the age of the child increases.
In 2015 Ella and I posted 54 entries in 52 weeks. I think
that these three are probably the best of the crop.
I hope that my regular readers (150 to 500 per week) enjoy what
Ella and I post.
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