Integrity's Views

noreply@blogger.com (fostermom) — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:57:00 +0000

Do children in foster care have rights??? What do you think?

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noreply@blogger.com (fostermom) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:06:00 +0000

Check out Integrity's Views for information on abuse.

New Image

noreply@blogger.com (fostermom) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:44:00 +0000

Check out the new look at Intergrity's views. I added a few more categories and am currently building the "Just Desserts" section.

Judy

Choose LIfe

noreply@blogger.com (fostermom) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:28:00 +0000

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Belonging

noreply@blogger.com (fostermom) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:11:00 +0000

As I write this my little boy is fast asleep on his beanbag chair on the floor. The sound of his even breathing smooths out the wrinkles of stress. Does life get better than this? I am blessed to be a foster parent. I have children entrusted to my care. I grow to love them more each day. We hace been privileged to adopt three of our former foster children. Two have been with us since birth so the adoption was not a big event. However our oldest was 11 when we adopted her. Now she had a forever home! That doesn't mean life just becomes one big party for us. The problems are still the same but now we belong to each other, even when we don't want to!There is something to be said for belonging. We all seem to need that in our lives. Even those with attachment issues long to belong. They just don't know it!

Judy David is an experienced foster parent. She and her husband Mike have adopted three of their former foster children. They have experienced first hand the effects of abuse in a child’s life. Judy developed her site Integrity's Views as a platform to educate and mobilize others regarding social issues. For more information on child abuse and other social issues visit us at http://www.integrity.cashhosters.com/.

Integrity's Views on Child Abuse

noreply@blogger.com (fostermom) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:26:00 +0000

As a foster parent I have very definite opinions on this issue! My husband and I became foster parents because we wanted to make a difference in the life of a child. The task seems daunting considering the statistics on child abuse in our county. Over 3 million children are at risk of exposure to parental violence each year while I9 to 10 million children , under the age of 18 are directly affected by substance-abusing parents.

Have you heard the story about the boy picking up starfish on the beach after a storm and throwing them in the water? An old man came by and asked the boy what he was doing. The boy replied that he was throwing the starfish back into the ocean. Looking over the beach strewn with thousands of creatures the old man admonished the boy, "Son, you can't make a difference." Picking up one more starfish and tossing it into the ocean tide the boy replied, "It made a difference to that one."

That is what we do, we make a difference in our society one child at a time.

Judy David is an experienced foster parent. She and her husband Mike have adopted three of their former foster children. They have experienced first hand the effects of abuse in a child’s life. Judy developed her site Integrity's Views as a platform to educate and mobilize others regarding social issues. For more information on child abuse and other social issues visit us at http://www.integrity.cashhosters.com/.