First 24 hours as a foster parent! | What was it like?
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2021
- For our family, the first 24 hours were crazy. I shared some tips for how to manage the first 24 hours.
Hi! I'm a foster parent, writer, and filmmaker focused on sharing stories about parenting and foster care. My inspiration comes from my own life experiences and interviews with others. This channel features vlogs, interviews with amazing people, and video essays sharing information about the world we live in.
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As a bio mom, thank you for acknowledging the child’s feelings and birth parents. Not all birth parents are criminals, not all birth parents are “bad parents” sometimes bio moms, and/or dads just need help in an area or a few areas. And yes I’m sure the majority have done things that most would never imagine. Coming from personal experience, there are bio parents who are not the stereotypical individuals and truly are having a far worse night or week while fighting to prove to a system that views them as guilty until proven innocent. I’d much rather lose sleep due to a crying baby than lose sleep because I’m not hearing my baby at all. Again thank you for being so vulnerable and not sugar coating things. God bless you and your family ❤
Thanks for your comment! Foster care is primarily about reunification, keeping families together. It's easy to forget that.
Washington DC is currently experimenting with giving parents with kids in CPS custody monthly stipends. I'm excited about that experiment and curious to the result. In most of the country, foster parents receive monthly stipends for the kids in their care.
Awww this was heartbreaking for me. I lost my two children to foster care for two months back in 2012. I'm grateful that they were able to stay together and I'm so thankful I got them back in 2 months. It was terrible. You make a great video on this topic. Best of luck!!
So glad you got them back! That's wonderful. Thanks for sharing your story.
I’m still a kid but I would love to be a foster parent! This video tells me a lot of information!!
Thank you! I'm glad it provided a lot of helpful information. And keep your eyes open - there are a lot of ways to support your community.
My preschool teacher adopted a baby and taught us about foster parents and the fact some kids need parents. Ever since then I have refused the idea of creating more humans when so many young ones already need a family. I hope that my wealth later on in life will help me adopt and provide mental health care for kids in the system. Especially those in teen years that need a solid support system, therapy, and are less likely to be adopted. I hope I can provide that for even one person one day. In mental health treatment, I met many people who lives through the foster system and suffered lots of trauma. I hope I can make the biggest difference one day for them
Remember, the goal of fostering is not to adopt. The goal is reunification with their family. There are very few children in the US who need adoption. Have your own children and help these families with your extra means ❤
I've thought about the idea of becoming a foster parent in the future and this video helped me understand more about the reality of it! :)
Thank you! I kind of wish I watched a video like this before we became foster parents.
Thank you for your video. Please consider not talking over music. It's a little bit anxiety producing. It's not really needed. You are wonderful, and you don't need that background racket to share your stories. Little bit of music goes a long way. It's best when people aren't talking, or if they're singing then it's good then😊. Take care and thanks for fostering.
This video deserves so much more attention than it has! It's been edited so well and is really detailed too! Hope to see more content like this in the future
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words.
Yes. I second that, excellent video!
Thank you for the detailed account of your experience. You and your wife are amazing.
Thank you!
Nice
Thank you so much for sharing. This was so extremely helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Congrats and good luck! Great video ☺️
Thank you!
Wait. They say you can be foster parents but there’s no training involved for inexperienced families?
There is training! The process of becoming a licensed foster parent is comprehensive. However, it's still tough with or without experience.
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Background music is too loud, distracting and unnecessary in this very important video.
I apologize - I was trying to use music to support the story, the emotions. Appreciate your feedback.
@@taylorshain12 No apologies needed. Just thought I would make a suggestion. I still watched and liked the vid. Oftentimes videos don't need background noise.
If you prefer the music, I would just lower the volume because some people may not be able to hear what you are saying. :)
The video is great and comment unnecessary. Well done to you
@@samplayer6870 I had no issue with the video, as I mentioned. Clearly you are not hearing impaired. Lucky you! However, the suggestion was not for you, it was specifically for hearing impaired people who despite turning the volume up to the highest level still can't hear the video because the background music is louder than the norm. It doesn't happen often but it does happen. What was so offensive about my comment? I thought it was pretty respectful & it might serve him well if people are tuning out because they simply can't hear the video.
Don't suggest "closed captioning". For the most part it's crap & you will understand about a quarter of a video. Thanks for letting me know how you feel.