Dear Piper,

It sounds to me that you know how to deal with
children of all ages - and they're really lucky
to have you in Fostercare. You're like a great
big huggable 'mama bear.'

With my children - It was a matter of 'learn as you go.'
We go them involved in sporting activities (- mainly
basketball), then the youngest got interested in martial
arts (he now has a black belt), they both joined the
scouts - and so on. We kept them busy - and it seems
to have worked. (Fingers-crossed).

But one things for sure - they knew they were/are -
very loved - and no matter what - we'll always be
there for them.

Hey Foxy, Belly is the bear![grin] Oh basketball, my boy loved basketball (years of listening to a ball bounce on concrete, chemists made a fortune in nuerophen sales). My girl, her tae kwon do instructor rang me one day when she was about 7 and said he didn’t want her there because she kept hurting the other kids. I laughed so hard I nearly had an accident. Then it was explained to me with great patience that my attitude was incorrect. Oops. Maybe my attitude about military training is also incorrect?

And of course they are loved, you sound lovely Foxy. This isn’t something I can encourage in return with fostering – it’s a thin line us short term fosters tread to avoid causing harm. I won’t always be there for them, weird huh.

Brett showed up again over on Altnews, his reply surprised me so I hope he cruises back in here.