Welcome to my channel! The heart beat behind my channel is for the vulnerable. A BIG thank you for taking the time to journey with me as I help others learn about Foster Care! My hope is to inspire people to open their hearts and open their doors to these kids in need. I post a video weekly!
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Psalm 82:3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
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I have decided to take a break from my RU-vid channel but I will be back come August!! Thank you all soooo much for your support so far in this journey as I teach others about foster care. I hope that my channel has been helpful and inspiring. Thank you for joining my community by subscribing, following along, commenting and sharing my videos. It means the world to me!! I can't wait to come back in August but for now, please enjoy all of my videos I have made so far!
I have decided to take a break from my RU-vid channel but I will be back come August!! Thank you all soooo much for your support so far in this journey as I teach others about foster care. I hope that my channel has been helpful and inspiring. Thank you for joining my community by subscribing, following along, commenting and sharing my videos. It means the world to me!! I can't wait to come back in August but for now, please enjoy all of my videos I have made so far!
I aged out of the foster care system and was a very quiet, nerdy girl who really liked anime and manga and had mostly very very religious, conservative foster parents. All of them were very focused on integrating me into their world - going to church, watching Christian tv shows and movies they approved of and doing things with their families. None interested in what I liked and were instead focused on changing what I wanted to do. This happens more often with kids who are in the system and like rap music or video games. I think when kids really should be moved is when there are these types of very major disconnects where this is really not working and just having a bed and food is all that a home offers. I wasn't moved since I was doing ok in school and I didn't have behavior issues. In those homes I was in longer, I was moved twice when families quit fostering and it was really clear fostering wasn't for them. There was one time when I had been in a home for over 9 months and I was having a very difficult time and my foster mom came into my room and started talking about Jesus and I had had it and vented at her that Jesus doesn't exist and it's just insane how she acts like Jesus can fix this problem I was having and she just walked out and was so frustrated. It was a few weeks later that I was moved and there was more things that happened (I refused to go to church and bible camp since I was so fed up with the religious nonsense), but I think that really sums up the major disconnect a lot of kids feel with foster parents. It's like they live in entirely different worlds. It did take me at least 6 months to finally open up to foster parents - and say how I really felt and that was when they had me removed. When I barely said anything, they were fine with me since I seemed like I was who they wanted me to be, but as soon as I finally started to talk to them, they wanted me gone.
Thank you so much for being so bold to share your experience being in foster care. It really helps to hear from people who have lived experiences & it helps to better understand where you're coming from. I think we have to always put ourselves in the child's shoes and it's so important to take an interest in the things they like as well. I'm sorry it was a struggle at times for you :(. You're amazing!
Thanks for subscribing - hope it’s been helpful! So glad to hear y’all are foster parents- thank yoooouu from the bottom of my heart for caring for these kiddos ❤
I am giving away one of my Fostering Connections Booklet to one lucky person! Drop a comment below ⬇️ that you have subscribed to my RU-vid channel & comment that you are foster parent, want to be a foster parent or just watch my channel to learn more about foster care! ❤ Winner will be announced the night of June 7th!
I am giving away one of my Fostering Connections Booklet to one lucky person! Drop a comment below ⬇️ that you have subscribed to my RU-vid channel & comment that you are foster parent, want to be a foster parent or just watch my channel to learn more about foster care! ❤ Winner will be announced the night of June 7th!
I have always dreamed of fostering a kid but I would probably not be very good as I would get very attached to the kid and wouldn’t be able to handle their absence when or if they reunite with their biological parents
Aww I love hearing that it is a dream of yours! And even better, that you would get attached! Those are the type of foster parents that are needed - people like you! The kiddos need to learn healthy attachment with adults so when they go on in their lives they know how to have a healthy attachment with others :). I know it's hard when they leave but I think that will help you grow as a person & often it's the hard things in life that make us stronger. If you are able, you can always keep in touch with them.
It's not meant to be judgmental when they ask the questions. It's more so just trying to get to know you and how you would handle having foster kiddos.
I recently asked my caseworker if she was anoyed (or angry) that I didn’t tell about my childhood trauma’s and she smiled. With our organisation it is more a way to measure if you can understand the feelings of the fosterchildren. Apart from my partner she was the first I told that our placement triggered stuff I wished would stay hidden the rest of my life. But because I go to therapy my fosterdaughter knows that it is okay to ask for (proffesional) help.
Thank you so much for sharing! I like that you share with your foster child that it's okay to ask for help when needed. I have had to do the same thing. Helping foster kiddos has brought up some past things and I had to seek professional help as well. If anything, it helped me relate better to the foster kids & helped me heal from the past.
@@Rachel_AllThingsFoster In the beginning I was so afraid that they would take her from us, because I was weak. And that is so not true. And being open to the caseworker has made the relationship stronger, because we tell the good and the bad.
@@manoukadriaans-verkerk7703 This is so true!!! The more open and honest we can be with our social workers the better for everyone involved. Foster parents are humans as well and have the same struggles as everyone else.
Not necessarily. They just want to get to know you better by understanding your history, family life and personal life experiences. They just want to make sure your past experiences won't hinder you from caring for the foster kiddos :).
Thank you so much for tuning in today! My hope is that you will be inspired and encouraged to say 'YES' and open your home to these foster kids in need!! Drop a comment below- Are you going to be opening your home in the future for foster kids?? Are you a current foster parent?? Would love to hear from you!! You can grab the Foster Care shirt by clicking the link in the description of this video. Let's help spread the word for the need for more foster homes!
You make a good point about the music and the terms. It certainly wasn't my intention & I will think about the music I chose in the future. I love teaching others about foster care because it's my passion and because foster care is such a heavy topic, I try to make it fun occasionally when I teach about it. Thanks for watching!
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Thank you so much for tuning in! I made this shirt in honor of May being Foster Care Month. My hope is that you will be inspired to open your home to these kids in need. A portion of every sale will go to help foster children - Thank you for your support!
Absolutely! We can heal from the past. It can also shape us, grow us and stretch us to become stronger. And we can help others who are struggling with the same thing we have gone through.
Childhood trauma doesn't just affect the brain, funnily enough. I also stunts various stages of growth including the growth rate of your adult teeth. People with particularly traumatic childhood will receive adult teeth that have the same developmental stage of baby teeth effectively getting two sets of baby teeth to last their whole lives
Thanks for taking the time to be with me today as I talk about these foster care books! Let me know- Have you ever read any of them? Are there any foster books you recommend? Drop your comments below ⬇️ ❤
