My wife and I have fostered many kids of ages 5 and under now, and it still tugs at the heartstrings every time in both good and sad ways.
Fostering itself isn’t the hard part; it’s seeing the neglect so many of these little ones have already endured. Some cases involve physical neglect, but far more often it’s developmental and emotional. The two things we see most are delayed speech and potty training. A four
or five year old may have the vocabulary of a two or three year old, which leads to so much frustration for them when they can’t make themselves understood. Potty training a child that age comes with its own challenges too.
Yet the hardest part is always when a child moves on. You can’t help wondering whether they’ll receive the same consistent care they had with you. We treat every child who walks through our door exactly like our own, making sure they leave with new clothes, toys, and the knowledge that they were fully wanted while they were here.
I don’t mean to make fostering sound like a drag, because it isn’t. So many of these kids are sweet as can be and just want to be near you and have someone to play with. We actually have a lot of fun fostering. I really wish more people would consider fostering, even if it’s just respite care for short stays. It makes a bigger difference than you might imagine.
We actually welcomed a new little one last night, so fostering has been on my mind today. Thought I’d share in case it moves anyone else to take that first step because you never know, you might enjoy it and one day even adopt!
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Since the Ukrainian NAFOs appear to be the ones who targeted us, let me just say this right off the top:
As someone whose family came here from Kyiv in 1918 - all of you can go fuck yourselves.
How's Huliaipilske looking these days? What about Kostyantynivka?
What other cities have you lost while you beg for internet attention?
Shouldn't you pussies be on the front lines with your brothers? You're too busy playing keyboard games to defend your homeland? Lol.
Sounds like you're running out of ammo over there.
Not my problem.
Never will be my problem.
@CollinRugg He is a selfish coward and a terrible person. Every child deserves life, and he selfishly robbed that child of a full and joyful life and had the audacity to post about it as if he should be given sympathy.
YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife abort their child after finding out the baby had Down syndrome.
Ridgway cited that they chose to kill the baby after deciding that he and his wife didn't want to be inconvenienced with a child with Down syndrome.
"Things have been pretty dark for a while for us, and we felt this was gonna be a nice little ray of sunshine, and it's not."
Horrific and selfish.
An estimated 67% - 85% of pregnancies in the U.S. with a Down syndrome diagnosis are aborted.
This is evil. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.
We should all try to set a recurring reminder that what happened to our military wasn’t some changing of the political winds from one party to the next.
It was, by textbook definition, an attempted Marxist takeover of the institution.
The DEI, wokeness, lawfare, etc.
These are not simple character quirks from an election switching power over. I mean, they look like it on the surface. But they’re not.
We’ve desensitized ourselves to it. Which is exactly their plan. But it should never be perceived as normal.
Why do you think I come unglued like a vegan atheist college student from Berkeley at a church BBQ when I see it?
When I see the “leaders” divide us and the media try to shame us into supporting it, yes, I come unglued.
And you should too.
The whole reason why we’re in this mess is because we let them run roughshod without consequence for too long.
My fellow brothers and sisters: You all swore an oath. It is your duty to BECOME that consequence in the face of what aims to destroy you and your countrymen.