FOSTER FEARS: WHAT ABOUT MY OWN CHILDREN?

BY JILL RIPPY

Film: The Drop Box

The Foster Life cannot wait to see this film!

FOSTER PARENTS CAN BE CRAPPY TOO

BY JILL RIPPY

In a previous article, THOSE CRAPPY DCS CASE WORKERS, I shared some insights into the job of a case worker. I am not naïve to think that though their jobs are tough and come with a price emotionally, physically and mentally, that there are not inadequate case workers.

THOSE CRAPPY DCS CASE WORKERS

BY JILL RIPPY

Being a foster parent for a number of years now, I have run into the good, the bad and the ugly regarding DCS Case Workers. My complaints have been many and my crap list is long.

If you are a foster parent, you know exactly what I am talking about. Among my most memorable Case Workers are the following:

I Could Never Be a Foster Parent

BY JILL RIPPY

I hear it time and time again. “I really admire you.” “I could never be a foster parent.” “I don’t know how you do it.”

“I wouldn’t be able to give them back.”