tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949336701627312683.post324390014368349693..comments2009-12-07T12:52:43.115-05:00Mothering4Moneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997640642902352560noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949336701627312683.post-78344674860521002192009-12-04T19:46:14.647-05:002009-12-04T19:46:14.647-05:00OH CRAP! i hope it wasnt me.... i hope the person deleted the post!alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987529367690926037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949336701627312683.post-5454310796847977982009-12-04T14:54:30.356-05:002009-12-04T14:54:30.356-05:00One of our foster parents asked for some stuff on FreeCycle and had her name as FosterParent. CPS found out and gave her the ax. Another one recently lost all her kids because she posted their picture on her FaceBook page. They were in the process of adoption so she thought it was okay since they were about to be legally hers and not in foster care anymore. But yes, we can&#39;t even say we foster.<br /><br />And yes, I know that I tell too much about each kid and the specifics of why they are in care, their family, etc. I do it because I think it helps others to see the reasons or the circumstances or whatever. So that&#39;s why I need to stay anonymous. Especially about our location.Mothering4Moneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997640642902352560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949336701627312683.post-44985061583645529472009-12-03T15:58:05.821-05:002009-12-03T15:58:05.821-05:00We don&#39;t have to be that anonymous either and in fact they expect us to do a certain amount of recruiting by example. I&#39;m keeping my location hidden on my blog to make things easier on me and because I&#39;m paranoid, not because I&#39;ve said anything that oversteps the boundaries of what we&#39;re allowed to say.<br /><br />If I was the blogger who said too much, please let me know. I referred a new blogger to you because I think you and she live in the same state, but I think that&#39;s the only time I&#39;ve referenced you with any kind of location attached and that wasn&#39;t (as far as I remember) on the public internet.Thornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295569811686002557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949336701627312683.post-55255593707136859072009-12-03T15:52:51.083-05:002009-12-03T15:52:51.083-05:00We don&#39;t have to be that anonymous either and in fact they expect us to do a certain amount of recruiting by example. I&#39;m keeping my location hidden on my blog to make things easier on me and because I&#39;m paranoid, not because I&#39;ve said anything that oversteps the boundaries of what we&#39;re allowed to say.<br /><br />If I was the blogger who said too much, please let me know. I referred a new blogger to you because I think you and she live in the same state, but I think that&#39;s the only time I&#39;ve referenced you with any kind of location attached and that wasn&#39;t (as far as I remember) on the public internet.motherissueshttp://motherissues.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949336701627312683.post-17453992858332617782009-12-03T15:38:37.309-05:002009-12-03T15:38:37.309-05:00What?! You can&#39;t tell people that you are foster parents? That&#39;s ridiculous. In my classes they didn&#39;t say ANYTHING about confidentiality until I asked (hi, lawyer here) and then said that of course we could tell people that we were foster parents for pretty much exactly the reasons you describe. I&#39;ve been posting lots of stuff on facebook (soon to be added to my blog)--cute stories, requests for advice, etc. I&#39;m fairly confident that I&#39;m not running afoul of any rules.Foster Imahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851404564283332825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949336701627312683.post-24337741940409567552009-12-03T13:48:36.610-05:002009-12-03T13:48:36.610-05:00Wow!<br />We were never told we can&#39;t say we are foster parents, but were told NEVER, but never talk about the WHY the children are with you, or anything about their parents, no personal info, ect.<br />We can discuss those things with Dr&#39;s/therapist. <br />Don&#39;t &quot;out&quot; foster parents. There are too few of us out here the way it is.Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09311320805081897725noreply@blogger.com