LEXI. Iam simply asking a question to TPP. Let her speak for her self. I have no problem with TPP and she knows it, so save me your grave concerns on this thread.

Iam hunting for the person named and so are the police.

If its not her, dismiss the post!

Its simple, isn't.

BLUE

Regarding BLU's earlier post - it's fitting that on the "moderation thread" we are all presented with an appropriate example of when to click on the red cross.

Leave TPP alone! all yous virtual bullies

why dont you talk about the wrong you have done instead of judging others

Start a new thread. How did all of this end up here?

TPP: don't let what they say bother you. They don't know anything and you don't have to explain yourself to anyone.

I blu having told GY of your post, it is my view it is very weak.
Such a post about another was deleted and yours surely is questionable.
RObert and others, most carers are great and good people, even you anti know that, and thanks for the withdrawal.
I see improvement and am wiling to start again.
Let us not however forget some carers are not owners of halos.
DOCs is incompetent and has put children in the wrong hands often.
I can point to heavy drug users and just financial based carers.
Far worse however is the parents who let children go for any reason, we have a flood of them growing every day.

Ignoring the nonsense above and moving on with the topic, I think it is fair to say of foster parents that there are many kinds including those who are abusive (such as the New Zealand foster parent who abandoned her charge in Australia), those who are good willed but thrown into it (such as I was with the New Zealand teenager), and those who are good willed and choose to contribute to community through foster parenting.

As to child protection workers, equally I think there are many kinds including those who are just working whilst waiting for a job in their speciality, those who are the dead wood and those who are dedicated to their work.

Foster carers are very light on the ground. Child protection need more than is on offer. Too many of us however do not want the responsibility of a more often than not troubled child or teenager. Mental Health services are also light on the ground, so getting timely mental health interventions are nigh on impossible for most and if you are a teenager there are even less services on offer. It is not unusual for teenagers to be in adult mental health hospitals awaiting a placement to the few adolescent facilities and being assigned a 24 hour a day nurse/protector. Privacy is not an option!

It's all very very complex, but there seems to be a lack of holistic vision in the Child Protection Industry. Certainly, funding, training and staffing need immediate attention. They need to encourage more people into foster parenting or look for other solutions. They need to consider the mental health needs and issues of the foster children and address them as a first priority when ever and where ever they occur.

Belly

"Such a post about another was deleted and yours surely is questionable."

Its a legitimate story that to my knowledge has nothing to do with the pied piper and I have simply followed Antiseptic's post and I fail to see what this has to do with her ability as a carer.

Why are you all jumping to conclusions when it's just a simple question.

The reaction should be, no reaction at all.

BLUE