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In Children's Words

5/15/2015

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Welcome back to Taylor Talks!

I don't know if I've ever talked about the way we explain foster care to our littlest members of the family, so I thought that I would touch on that tonight.
When you're dealing with small children, you can't really explain what foster care is. You can't exactly tell a four-year-old that some parents are doing drugs and neglecting their children. So instead, you explain the idea of taking care of children in a way that these kids can understand.

Our go-to explanation is that we're taking care of kids because their mommies and daddies are sick and can't take care of them right now. Kids can relate to sickness; this answer is usually sufficient enough to satisfy any curiosity. Even with the most inquisitive kids, a simple conversation about how we're helping to take care of a child until their mom or dad feels better will be a good enough explanation.

Sometimes it's hard to explain such mature information to a child. Foster care isn't simple; it's messy and complicated, and the reasons for children being put into the system are certainly not child-friendly. But you need to tell your own kids something before a foster child shows up at your house. They need to be prepared for what is to come, and for that fact that your whole life is about to be turned upside down. It's really important to have a conversation about what's to come before a child is brought to your home.

I think that it's also really important to let your own kids know that they have a role in taking in foster children as well. Tell your children that they need to teach the foster child how to share, or be polite, or clean up their toys at night. Give your children a job to make them feel like they are included, especially because a new foster child is going to take up a lot of your time. The last thing you want is for your children to feel left out when the new foster kid comes. Everyone needs to feel included and part of the family, no matter how you explain it and what the situation is.

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    My family started doing foster care when I was three years old. We took in nineteen children over the course of eighteen years, with our last placement leaving in December 2014. I'm the only biological child in my family, though my parents adopted five of my siblings.

    I love to share my perspective on the foster care system and share how my unique upbringing shaped my life.

    I'm also a Cast Member at Walt Disney World and lover of all things Disney! My career allows me the opportunity to find a little bit of Magic in life every day.


    I enjoy sharing my journey as a writer as well. Find my children's books on Amazon and keep following my blog for updates on future books that I'll be releasing!

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