On Opening Your Heart and Home to Children in Need

As a mother, you understand a child’s need for loving care. Unfortunately, there are so many children in the UK who are in need of a home that will give them the love and care they need to blossom and grow. Many are placed in foster care because their biological parents are, for one reason or another, unable to give them the homes they need and so rightly deserve. Have you considered becoming a foster mum? Consider what this could mean for you, the child in need, and for your family as well!

Sharing Is Caring

This is something we teach our children from very young ages. Whenever they squabble over a toy or who gets to ride with mum on the next trip to the shops, we quote that oft-used adage, “Now kids, sharing is caring. Let’s give your sister a turn.” Or, we’ll say something to that effect. Whether you have one child or three, maybe you have room to bring in a child who is without a mum at this time to give them the love they need. As a mother, you know that you have plenty to give, so why not share some of that big heart of yours with a child in need? What a wonderful way this would be to teach your children what it means to share from the heart.

What a New Sister or Brother Would Mean

Let’s say, for example, that you live in the lovely Highlands of Scotland on a remote farm where it means driving a distance to have a play date with school friends. If you entertained the notion of sharing your home with a child close in age with yours, they could be best mates! It’s worth contacting a foster care agency like fosterplus.co.uk to apply to be a foster parent and ask about children of an age with yours. Think about how happy you will make that child in need of the love you can give and along with that, a readymade brother or sister! Both your child and the foster child will benefit by this addition to your home already overflowing with love.

Potential for Adoptive Parenting

You must recognize that all foster children are not going to be up for adoption. The prime goal of fostering is to keep them loved and safe until such time as they can be returned to their natural mum and dad. If that never happens, would you consider adopting that child? The thing to prepare yourself for is that this may be a temporary setting but there is something good that will come of it. That child will get the love and care they need to heal from a heart wrenching separation, but they will heal and that’s what it takes to get them back to their forever home. It may take months, or it may take years and it may be never. But the point is, they need you in the now of their lives and you have the love to share.

It really is all about sharing and that is a lesson in life that will never be forgotten.