tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post7208581213521140268..comments2023-12-10T07:27:17.914-05:00Comments on Never a Dull Moment: How Do You Do It?Claudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057662343562530495noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-37612391613890801382010-07-06T20:57:05.123-05:002010-07-06T20:57:05.123-05:00Good answers! Thanks for sharing.Good answers! Thanks for sharing.Other Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497334953872151453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-47237923295281296342010-07-04T08:40:39.356-05:002010-07-04T08:40:39.356-05:00I hear you and agree, it is a problem that so many...I hear you and agree, it is a problem that so many are not willign to address including many of the people that work in the field. We have many cases our here in the country where kids never ever get families because there is not a commitment to placing older kids. But the workers in the closest city are the exact opposite and will only bring families into the adoption stream if they are open to older kids which I think is a great step forward. There are so many kids who need families.stellarparenting.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975942737904876508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-70378599852751298672010-07-02T20:52:04.198-05:002010-07-02T20:52:04.198-05:00We just received a call about an 18-yr-old w/ Aspe...We just received a call about an 18-yr-old w/ Aspergers. He has nowhere to go until schoolstarts this fall. Workers are checking on our license for it. So sad that this kid has NOBODY!Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189608681287603165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-42862640158204537072010-07-02T14:03:30.039-05:002010-07-02T14:03:30.039-05:00Aging out of foster care. Oxymoron don't you ...Aging out of foster care. Oxymoron don't you think? We don't age out of our families. I was recenlt affected by a young man "aging out of the system". I didn't do it because I felt overwhelmed with my own adopted/blended family but I should have adopted him. He is lost outside the system, been in an independent living enviroment since he was an early teen. Nobody wants the older kids he told me. My heart breaks for all the older children out there because they need family too. Maybe message threads like this will inspire more and send a message that there needs to be an anchor as GB's Mom said for these children.Brandy-new rad momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312863176518999375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-42950340103754423232010-07-02T12:12:15.956-05:002010-07-02T12:12:15.956-05:00I have been looking, unsuccessfully, for that bett...I have been looking, unsuccessfully, for that better idea. As far as I can tell, we don't have anything in place for kids that age out of foster care, to make success a possibility,especially for those kids with sever mental health problems. Any child is better off with a family to anchor them, even if they end up unable to live with their family.GB's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866513131959998883noreply@blogger.com