Rebecca Hawkes of Love is Not a Pie in Helping Our Children Cope With the Sandy Hook Tragedy:
If you are parenting a child, as I am, who came to you by way of the foster care system, your child may be needing extra support around recent events, but really all children are likely to need some parental guidance as they attempt to make sense of something that is beyond comprehension, even for most grownups.
Kelly of Monkey Soup in Buzzers and Cameras wrote:
There are people who do bad things sometimes. They may be sick, they may be mad or upset about something. They may hurt people. Momma, Daddy and the grown-ups that are around you will do everything in our power to keep anything from happening to you, and to keep you safe.
Denise of Fostering a Blessing in Hits Home wrote:
Before foster care I NEVER knew this world of childhood mental illness existed. Let’s talk about it. Let’s help these kids. Locking them up…NOT THE ANSWER.
Momma of Called to Foster in Mental Illness: Conversation – Resources – Guidance wrote:
As a child raised by a mentally ill mother, you would think I would fully understand the depths of that reality but I suppose I’m still drifting around somewhere not fully grasping the truth of it all. Hoping that it would never become my reality again.
Cherub Mamma in Mr. Mini Wonky???? wrote:
I guess I put this out there to show what it looks like in OUR house. We don’t have to make trips to psychiatric hospitals. We don’t have three hour violent rages that involve restraints. But it isn’t easy all the time. There’s a lot of anger and frustration. There’s a lot of hurt. There’s a lot of ugly that most folks wouldn’t understand.
