How To Foster While Working Full Time - TIPS!

[@Katie-xl8ep]

Not me, a childless 22 year old with no connection to care/fostering, RUNNING to this video as soon as I saw the notification 💀

[@BeTheVillageCommunity]

Love a loyal villager who sends positivity and support 🙌🏼

[@desireeglynn6230]

I worked in a school... i learned this child needed a foster placement. i talked to my bosses and they were all for it. Then come 9 months later, just before christmas, they told me i had to choose between my job and her. walked out at that point. i cannot believe someone can do that.

[@silverraindropper8713]

I walked away from my phone, while KZbin was playing for about 15 seconds, and came back to this video. I’m watching it.

[@bellaruthie]

I am a 24 year old high school teacher and I am hoping to start fostering teens in the next couple of years. I am looking forward to all your tips so I can start making a plan for how to make this work for me! You are awesome

[@whychoooseausername4763]

Thanks for being so inclusive in your language and discussion of single parents and queer couples. As well as disabled children !

[@candimay4404]

Professional Caregivers are SO needed!! Of course the oversight is needed as well. But it good be SO good!!!

[@MissAprilMarie]

Omg THIS is the video I needed to see, especially being a single person

[@ashleypazour2516]

Hey I just started this video and never apologize for looks! You're beautiful and no judgement here ever!

[@ashleypazour2516]

Okay can you please be my bestie?

[@SpreadLoveAndKindnessNotHate]

I have been watching your vids since I was a teen, now I’m 23 and still love your vids!! Sending love💜

[@BeTheVillageCommunity]

OMG You are making me feel old!!! 😂

[@Ty-me6pl]

Love your videos! I’m 25 and have been watching your videos since Ms. A was placed with you. I just started the process for foster care and in the middle of the background check. These videos are super helpful and love that you mention the benefits and hardships of being a foster parent! Thankfully I work for the fed gov’t and we are given 3 months of parental leave a year for foster placements, I can’t imagine I will take the full 3 months with my first placement but hearing your experiences gives me a better timeline of what I can tell my employer!

[@BeTheVillageCommunity]

Wishing you all the best! Glad you are able to get some insider info as you go into this. 🫶🏻

[@whychoooseausername4763]

Take the three months, you deserve it.

[@ashleypazour2516]

I love the recap at the end. I will be keeping this mind during our journey!

[@pippinrocks]

Thanks for the real fascinating video!

[@favouritemoon4133]

Always so good to see you.

[@Thefancymom]

I’ve missed y’all! I enjoy these videos so much ❤🎉

[@zinaidadautovic]

I love your videos, I wish the system did not pay more for complex care children. Because we see more family members say they want to take them but then don’t care for them.

[@kayleegoff141]

Tell Darcy I said Happy Birthday

[@jcam5064]

Hm weird. No sound for me.😢

[@heathera6513]

I think if they provided enough money so you could at least work part time or stay home. Or if child care was included with the placement, a lot more people could foster care. I am assuming that they don't pay for day care for the children, so the foster parents can work? But, seems like that would make a lot of sense. Especially pay for after school care or care in the summer.

[@hopehall6637]

They give daycare stamps

[@teresaschaeffer7323]

It should be a requirement that one parent stays home. Otherwise, what's the point of fostering if someone else is raising your child??

[@whychoooseausername4763]

You can apply that question to parenting in general. For the entirety of human history, we've entrusted the care of our children to others. "It takes a village" isn't just a cute phrase, it's reality. Research shows that children develop as well if not better when there is a diversity of caregivers.

[@sarahpounds6064]

If you foster school age children, there really is no need for someone to be home every week day between 8 AM and 4 PM.

[@teresaschaeffer7323]

That's why I chose to homeschool. God entrusted my daughters to ME to raise in the fear and admiration of the Lord, not the government.

[@kytruth1027]

​​@@teresaschaeffer7323 agreed!! Why take in a child if you're just going to be completely absent and leave them to others to raise? Especially with all the abuse happening in public schools nowadays. It just doesn't make sense. Unfortunately, in some states kids are required to be public school. It just proves that the govt is the biggest enemy for children.