Fractelle/Severin/Johnny Rotten:"Everyone knows how cheap and easy it is to raise kiddies"

Except that TPP doesn't "raise kiddies", she acts as a short-term foster carer. She gets well-funded to do so and has said in the past that she chose to do so because it lets her stay at home and get paid for it. Since she is set up to do it, the actual costs of providing essentials aren't high compared to what they might be for a familt trying to get started with their own kids.

TPP:"Now I am milking the system."

No, I said that the system is no doubt able to be milked, so perhaps DOCS are simply being vigilant. They're always talking about not having enough money.

As I've always said, I think you do valuable work, but I don't like the pretence that it's solely out of the goodness of your heart.

It's a job.

Anti I've known a few foster carers and my impression of them all is that the pay aspect was what enabled them to do something they valued. Frankly I'd not be looking for way's of doing my current job if I did not get paid for it but the foster carers I've known were people who put their lives into children.

For some it may be a job and for most the motivators will be a mix of things but I think your statements are way to broad to be in anyway fair.

R0bert

[Deleted. Flaming, revealing identity of children subject to DOCS orders and defamation.]

RObert:

I've also known quite a few carers and I agree with your summation.
Looking after children is no easy task.None of the carers I knew were in it simply for the money. In any case I think it's important in a discussion to try to be clear as to what you're saying otherwise your words can so easily be misunderstood and cause offense. Still, the ability to see things from the other person's point of view is a skill that not every one possesses. Making judgements about others I guess is how we defend ourselves and it's something we all do at some time.

I would not dignify DEEP-BLUE's post with a response, anyone. It represents a total mis-use of the Forum. I would be surprised if it stays up for long.

My apologies TPP for making reference to the unasked for consequences of exactly this sort of vindictiveness in my 'welcome back' post early on in the thread.

It provides a classic illustration of the need for the use of pseudonyms on the part of some posters on OLO.

BLU:

Do you realise how rude you're being? Or are you simply trying to provoke Piper? I don't know anything about you but you must remember that you're actually talking to a person not just a computer screen.
I realise that it makes it easy to be able to talk like this when you're anonymous. Ask yourself this though, would you say this to Piper's face? Words do hurt. I learned that the hard way.