Children’s Stories About Foster Care
Children’s stories about foster care
Lots of people have helped to make this book.Kathryn Voutier first thought aboutthe idea for this book. She helped usto work out what should go in it. Sheknows lots about children who comeinto foster care because her familywas a foster family. When she wasgrowing up many children came tostay at her house.The Alan and Elizabeth FinkelFoundation gave us some money sothat we could make the book.The Australian Government alsogave some money to make this bookavailable to many children living infoster care.Janise Mitchell and Neerosh Mudalyalso helped to write the book.Our friends at The HarcourtsFoundation (Frankston) also supportedthis book.Chris Goddard (from CAPRA atMonash University) helped by givingus ideas about listening to children.But the most important people arethe children who told us their storiesabout being in foster care.Thank you.2
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For some reason you can’t livewith your own family and youhave come to stay with a fosterfamily. The children in this bookalso live with foster families.A foster family is a family wholooks after you when you can’tlive with your own family. Fosterparents are grown ups. They maylive on their own or have theirown children. Some may haveother foster children living withthem, just like you.4
You might have a lot of different feelingsabout having to live with a foster family:There are lots of different reasons why childrencan’t live with their own families. You might be feeling scared because youdon’t know this new family and what it willbe like to stay with them.This is a book about children who have stayedin foster care and what is has been like forthem. By reading their stories, this book mayhelp you to know a bit more about foster careand what it might be like for you. You might be feeling worried about whenyou will see your family again or what willhappen to you next. You might be feeling confused or angrybecause you don’t understand why youcan’t be with your own family. You might be feeling sad because you hadto leave some of your favorite things behind. You might be feeling happy and safe withyour foster family. You may be feeling other things as well.It’s okay to feel all of these things. Fosterparents understand that you will have a lotof different feelings when you come to staywith them.The end of the book has a special section justfor you. You can add your own story aboutbeing in foster care if you want to.After reading this book you may have somethings you would like to talk about with yourfoster carer or someone else. There is a spacefor you at the end of the book to write downthe things you would like to ask about.We hope you like this book.5
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Hi. I’m Monika.This is a picture of me wearingmy favourite T-shirt. I got it formy eighth birthday.I can’t live with my mum at themoment, so I’m living with Sallyand Bill. They have two kids. Staceyis 3 and Rick is 2. They’re fun toplay with. Stacey loves going tothe park and having a turn on theswing. She yells ‘Higher, higher’when I push her.I hope I can live with mumagain soon.From Monika8What is yourfavourite colour?
Sally, Bill, Stacey and RickThey’re all really nice. At first I was worried aboutstaying with them. I was thinking ‘What if they don’tlike me?’ Now I think it’s okay because they lookafter me just like I’m their own daughter.I like my room at Sally and Bill’s house. The doonaon my bed has my three favourite colours on it:pink, purple and orange.My familyDeeThis is Dee.She’s my foster care worker. She finds families forkids to stay with. She arranged for me to live withSally and Bill. Sometimes she calls me after schoolto see how I’m going.Dee said I might be living with Sally and Bill for along time, maybe even a year. It depends on howthings go between me, mum and Brian.Chris and Shelley are mybrother and sister, they livewith mum. Their dad is Brian.Brian’s not my dad. I haven’tseen my real dad for a longtime. I don’t miss him butI really miss mum. I see her once every month. Sallydrops me off at mum’s house on a Saturday and Istay there for the afternoon. I get to see Chris andShelley then as well. Brian is usually around too. I’mnot sure he likes me much.Sometimes when I go to mum’s place there’s nothingmuch to do. Shelley shows me what she’s done atschool and Chris wants to play at the park next door.After that I usually just play on the computer untilSally comes to pick me up to take me home.9
Hello.This is me and my sister.Her name is Mei.I am Hien and I’m six years old. Meiis three. Soon, we’re going to havea new baby brother. Mum said whenhe’s born, he’ll be zero years old! Ithink that sounds funny.Mum has a really big tummy.If you put your hand on the bump,sometimes you can feel the babymoving inside.Dad is not around very much.When he is, he yells at mum.This makes mum very sad.It makes me sad too.I hope you like this drawing of us.From Hien and MeiWhat is yourd?favourite foo10?
Brett and JennyMy CubbyThis is Brett and Jenny. We’ve lived withBrett and Jenny before, plus three otherplaces. That’s four times we’ve had to liveaway from Mum and Dad. We are stayingwith Brett and Jenny this time because Mumis feeling very tired and needs to get readyfor the new baby.Brett and Jenny’s house is fun. They havea cubby house in the back yard that Iremember from last time.My favourite foodThe food is different at Brett andJenny’s house. We hardly ever haverice. We used to eat lots of rice andnoodles at home. This is my favouritedinner – sweet and sour pork.Mum and DadWe go to see mum and dad on Tuesday andFriday after school. Mum showed us somenew toys she got for the baby. There was areally cute cuddly elephant. Mum said thatcould be my present for the baby. Mum saidthat dad is getting some help to stop gettingangry. Dad seemed happier when I saw himthe last time. I’m glad. I’m so excited abouthaving a new baby in the family. I can’t waitto give the baby a big hug.My CardMum said she misses us lots. I hope she’sokay. I made her this card on the weekend.When I see her on Tuesday, I’m going to giveit to her so she won’t miss me so much.11
Hey. I’m Poppy and I’m eleven.Things have been hard for meup to now, but now I’m feelingbetter. I don’t know what’s goingto happen. Nothing like this hasever happened to me before.I’ve just moved in with a ladycalled Carolyn. I had to move outof mum’s for a while because ofmum’s boyfriend, Noel. Mum’s a bitupset because of what’s happened.Carolyn is really nice and she helpsme when I feel sad about everything.I’m looking forward to seeingmum soon. I hope she understands.I love my mum.Poppy12toWho do you talkg sad?if you are feelin?
Stuff that happened to meMum’s boyfriend Noel has been living withmum and me for about a year now. Mumreally loves him, but it hasn’t been so goodfor me. He’s been doing things to me that Idon’t like. He comes into my room when I’msleeping and hurts me. And sometimes hecomes in when I’m having a shower. That’swhy I had to move out on Friday to live withCarolyn, so he can’t do that anymore.Mrs JasperMrs Jasper is my art teacher. I love art. I toldher about Noel last week. It was very hardtelling her that Noel does those things to me.Mrs Jasper was wonderful. She said she wasvery pleased I had come to see her. I’m reallyglad she stood up for me, but I still feel mixedup about it all. Mrs Jasper told the childprotection people what had happened so thatI could be safe. This is a picture I drew in art.Mrs Jasper loves it.KateThat’s when I talked to Kate. She spoke withmum and me about what Noel had beendoing. Kate is my child protection worker.She said I would have to live with a differentfamily for a while so that she and mum couldsort things out. That means living away frommum for a bit. I’ve never done that before.When Kate asked me today about how I’mfeeling, I didn’t know what to say. I criedover the phone. I said that I think I’m angryat Noel, but I feel really bad about tellingon him. Kate said I did the right thing andthat it’s really important to talk about howI’m feeling.CarolynNow I’m stayingwith Carolyn. She’sreally good to talkto. She understandswhen I tell her thatI feel upset abouteverything that’shappened. She tellsme that it’s not my fault and always gives mea hug when I want one. She has been helpingme get to sleep at night by sitting on my beduntil I fall asleep. It feels hard to go to sleepby myself right now.13
FirebirdsHi. My name is Josh.That’s short for Joshua. I’m nineyears old.Soccer is the best! I play for ‘TheFirebirds’.What sportsdo you play?I live with Lorelle, Gordon and Bec.They haven’t always been my family.When I was a baby, my mum hadtrouble looking after me. Sometimesshe forgot to feed me or gave meold milk that made me sick. That’swhy I live with a different family.Living here is pretty cool. If I didn’tlive here, maybe I wouldn’t play forthe Firebirds and they rock!Bye14
ChooChoo is my foster care worker. She’s the onewho brought me to the McKinnon’s place tolive when I was three years old.RubyThis is Ruby. Ruby is our dog. She’s aLabrador. She loves swimming in the lakenear our house. Last week I got very crosswith her because she chewed up my favouritesoccer ball. Now it’s full of holes and I can’tuse it.Other familiesI’ve stayed withI lived with a few different families while my‘birth mum’ tried to learn how to look afterme. In the end, it didn’t work out with mum.Choo said the McKinnon family wanted meto live with them.My ‘birth Mum’This is a photo of my ‘birth mum’. She’scalled that because she’s the one who gavebirth to me. I make a special trip every schoolholidays to spend a day with her. Last time Iwent to see mum, we bought fish and chipsfor lunch. We ate it at the park and I told herall about my soccer finals and school camp.My friend, Dave, thinks it’s weird that I don’tlive with my ‘birth mum’. I think about her,you know. I wonder how she’s going. I alsoget worried about what to call my fostermother sometimes. I’d like to call her ‘mum,’but I’m not sure if that’s okay or not.McKinnon family15
Hi, I’m Georgia, I’m ten, I have asister who is six. Her name is Anna.I have a little brother called Henry.He’s three years old. They’re reallyannoying but I love them, well mostof the time.We move around a lot and staywith family all over the place.This is a picture of me, Anna andHenry playing somewhere.I can’t remember where it was.From Georgia16Do you havea special place?
Aunty Lucy &Aunty MelvaDad got into a bitof trouble recently.The police tookhim away and mumhas been different ever since. Sometimes she’s notthere in the morning when we have to go to school.When this happens we go and stay with Aunty Lucy andAunty Melva because they look after people from mycommunity. Seems like lately we spend a lot of timeat their house. They seem worried about mum.Brenda, Neville and their 2 kidsFamily gatheringBrenda and Neville tell us lots of stories andI really love it when lots of our people get together.Last time mum came too and it was great to seeher instead of talking on the phone.Keep out – special placeI don’t know how long we are going to live here.I worry about that sometimes. But talking to Brendahelps. We sit outside in our special place that theothers aren’t allowed to go to. We talk for ages.Here’s a sign I made for people to keepout of my special place.Aunty Lucy and Aunty Melva all sat down for a longyarn and thought it might be good if we stayed withsomeone else until mum felt better and could lookafter us and herself. That’s when we went to livewith Brenda and Neville and their kids. They livea pretty long way away from Aunty Lucy and AuntyMelva. But me, Anna and Henry like living at theirplace. We see mum sometimes but talk to her lots.17
Hello. I’m Sarah and I am in prepat school.I like ponies best. This is myspecial pony and I brush her hair.I live with mum and Aidan.Sometimes I go to sleep over atGabby’s house. I can’t wait untilI see her next. I’m going to showher my pony.Bye.What is yourfavourite animal?18?Sarah
Sarah’s MumThis is my mum. Sometimes shegets very tired. She gets so worriedand she cries for a long time. Mumthought it would be good for me tolive with another family every nowand then so that she could get a rest.Ruth and GabbyMy pictureI stay with Ruth and Gabby for theweekend once a month. That meansthat three weekends I stay at homewith mum and the next weekendI stay with Ruth and Gabby.I love Gabby. I drewthis picture of her.When I stay over atGabby’s house, I sleepin her room. Gabby and Ruthlive in a very little house in a bigtall building. They don’t even havea bath, but that’s okay becauseI have a shower at their house.Gabby is twelve years old. She saysshe loves it when I come over to stay.I think Gabby is great. She’s like abig sister. Gabby says she likes theway I copy her. If Gabby has toastfor breakfast, then I have toast. IfGabby has rice puffs, then I do too.I like to help Ruth and Gabby withjobs around the house. Last timeI set the table, one plate at a time.Sometimes I pass the pegs whenRuth hangs out the washing.Talking to MumSometimes when I staywith Ruth and Gabby,I get worried about mum.I worry about who islooking after her whileI’m not there. I alwaystalk to mum on the phoneafter dinner so we cansay goodnight.19
Hi. I’m Buddy and I’m ten yearsold. I get around in a wheelchairbecause my legs don’t workproperly. My wheelchair is likemy legs.This is Buster. He’s June and Mike’sdog. He loves it when I throw theball to him. I get to sleep over attheir house sometimes.When I’m staying with June andMike there’s always someone toplay with. I love it. June drives me toschool in the mornings. She helpsme get my bag packed and shealways makes sure that we getthere on time.I hope I can keep on going to Juneand Mike’s place, even when I’mmuch bigger.Do you haveany pets?20?Bye
June and MikeThis is June and Mike.They set up their spare room forme to sleep in and they give memy favourite muesli bars for schoollunches. I usually stay with June andMike for a whole week each time I go.DougDoug is my foster care worker.He arranged for me to stay withJune and Mike. This is the secondfamily he has found for me to staywith. I only stayed with the otherfamily once. Now I’ve been toMike and June’s house five times.Mum, Dad,Hank and EllaI usually live with my mum, dad,my big brother, Hank and my littlesister, Ella. Hank and Ella and Iplay together sometimes. One timewe used chalk to write all over thepath in our backyard. SometimesHank helps me play games on thecomputer. I don’t like it when Hankhas friends over. He doesn’t wantme to play with them.21
Hi there. My name is Holden. I’mseven and I’m in Grade One. Myfour year old brother is Brad and wealso have a little sister called Keisha.She’s only two. We can’t live withKeisha at the moment. She lives withanother family. None of us live withour mum and dad.One day, after Keisha was born,mum and dad didn’t come homeat all and there was no one to lookafter us. Lots of people have tried tofind them. We still don’t knowwhere they are. I wish theywould come back.Bye22Do you have anybrothers or sisters?
KeishaThis is my drawing of Keisha on aseesaw with me. I am not sure whywe can’t all live together. I feel sadwhen I think about Keisha not beingwith us and sometimes I feel reallyangry too.Every week Brad and Keisha andme spend an afternoon together.It’s always really good fun. It’s hardto say goodbye again though.Megan, Gary and NickWe live with Megan, Gary and their son Nick.I go to the same school as Nick, but he’s inGrade Five. We always walk to school togetherand sometimes I play with him and his friendsat lunchtime.I didn’t want to be here at first but now itsokay most of the time. Sometimes I still getreally angry with mum and dad for leaving us.I still don’t know why they left us. It’s not fair.Sometimes I think it’s my fault and cry. Meganis really good at listening to me and tells methat it is not my fault that mum and dad left.She helps me when I feel angry or sad.Angry feelings drawingHere’s a picture I drew with Sonia. This iswhat I feel like when I get angry. Sonia ismy counsellor. I see her to help me with myfeelings. I get really mad sometimes andI don’t know why. Other times I get reallysad. Sonia is trying to help me work out myfeelings. We talk lots, play games and drawcool stuff. I think it is working because I don’tget as angry as I used to.23
Hey.I’m Carlo and I’m twelve.My best friend is Jake. I likeplaying backyard cricket with him,except he’s good at bowling andsometimes he bowls me out. I dontget to see him much now.youoderehWl?oochsotgo?Everything’s changed for me lately.It started when I was in GradeThree and I was living with my mumand dad, just like normal. Thensomething awful happened. Mumand dad were in a car crash. Theydied. I was very upset. I had to goand live with my grandparents.They are called Nonna and Nonno.That’s where I’ve been living upuntil this year.Now I’m living with the Turners.It’s different here, but it’s good.See ya, Carlo24
Nonna and NonnoThe TurnersLiving with Nonna and Nonno wasokay. I was close to my school andthey let me go to my friend’s houseall the time. But, Nonna and Nonnoare getting old. Nonna gets sick alotand they both get very tired. Theywere finding it hard to care for meso I moved to the Turners. I still seeNonna and Nonno lots and talk tothem on the phone, so it’s not so bad.I’ve been visiting the Turners tosleep over for about two monthsnow. First I just stayed for one night,but now I stay for the whole week.I go home to visit Nonna andNonno on the weekend.I live on a farmI live in the country on a farm withthe Turners. They have lots of sheep.I’m going to stay here until I grow up.I like to muck around on the farm soI don’t get bored. But they don’t haveany good music here. I bring all myCDs with me.My new schoolMy new school is pretty different.For starters, it’s really small. There’sonly fourteen Grade Sixes. It’s okay.The boys let me hang out with them,especially David. I’ve been to hisplace once and I thrashed him at hisformula one racing game.25
Dear Everyone,I’m feeling pretty sad today. I’vebeen thinking about my dad lotsand lots because I can’t live with himat the moment. The man at the courtsaid so. He said we had to stay withour foster family for three monthsso that dad could change. Dad getsreally angry all the time. Sometimeshe’s scary but other times he is justnormal. I was worried the man atthe court would say we could neversee dad again.We see dad after school on Tuesdaysand Thursdays. Nick drew him thispicture last time we went.When we go home to live with dadagain, I hope we can stay forever.Love from,Elizabeth and NickDo you like drawingand painting?26?
Dad and LeonieThis is our dad and his girlfriend, Leonie. We usuallyall live together, but there’s been lots of fighting.Usually dad gets angry and hits Leonie. Last timethey had a big fight and I saw it happen. I tried tostop them, but then Dad yelled at me, so I ran awayto my room. Mrs. Biggs next door heard all theyelling and called the police. After that Terry came.She’s a child protection worker. She spoke to us andto dad a lot that night. We told Terry all about thefighting and that it was a bit scary when the fightingwas happening. Terry said Nick and me can’t stay athome if there’s fighting like that.Christine and PeteThis is Christine and Pete. We’re staying with them forthree months. I have my own room, but Nick shareswith Pete. Nick likes sleeping on Pete’s bottom bunk.Pete’s on the top bunk. Pete goes to high school.I like talking toChristine about dadand Leonie. I told herabout the time whendad got the carbogged and we all gotcovered in mud tryingto push it out.Visiting DadMy Nan takes us to see dad twice everyweek. It’s hard to say goodbye when we have togo home. When we get back to Christine and Pete’shouse, Nick is usually in a very bad mood. I don’tthink he understands what’s happening.AnnieAnnie is my counsellor. I go to see her once a weekafter school to talk about how I am feeling. She helpsme when I am feeling sad or scared. We talk a lotabout what it was like at home. Sometimes it feelshard to talk about some things. Annie lets me not talkif I don’t want to. Annie has talked to dad a few timesas well. She helps dad to know what it is like for uskids when he is mad and hits Leonie. Annie says dadmight need to see a counsellor to help him stop beingso angry. I hope he does because counselling helps.27
I’m Belinda and I’m nine.Sometimes people call meLinda. Purple is my mostfavourite colour ever.My family has been having troublefinding somewhere to live. We hadto move out from our house becausemum and dad couldn’t pay the rent.We lived in a caravan for a littlewhile. Then they went to our friend’shouse or slept in the car. I didn’t goto school for ages.That’s why I’m living with theHarrisons. I get my own roomhere. It’s really big. I miss mumand dad though. I hope they finda house soon.Then things will be more normalfor me.From Belinda.28What is your?favourite toy?
The HarrisonsI’ve stayed with the Harrisons once before. Ruthand Dan are the mum and dad. Then there’s Robyn,who’s twenty-one and Adam, who’s a bit older.There’s also Susan, Carla and Lisa, but they’vemoved out of home.DamienIt was when we were sleeping in the car that I gota child protection worker. I’ve had a few differentworkers from child protection before, but this one iscalled Damien. He went to court with my mum anddad and the court said that I should stay in fostercare until they could find somewhere for us to liveand could look after us properly.KimKim is from a foster care agency. She’s found familiesfor me to live with before when I couldn’tstay with my mum and dad. This time Kim said Icould stay with the Harrisons. I don’t know howlong I’m going to be here.Kim was the one who organised new clothes for me.I’ve been moving around so much with mum and dad.I had to leave most of my clothes and toys behindwhen we went to the caravan park. Now I have somenew clothes. I found heaps of purple things. The newclothes and stuff is nice but I wish I had some of myold things, especially some of my favourite toys.I don’t even know where my old things are now.Every time I go to stay with a family I get very worriedthat they won’t like me. It’s turned out okay though.It’s different living with the Harrisons than being withmum and dad. We don’t ever watch TV at dinner time.We all sit up at the table together. I like it when Robynand Adam take me out. Last week Robyn bought me ahuge ice cream at the shops.Mum and DadI still see mum and dad. Every week mum and dadand I meet at the place where Kim works. Sometimeswe go for a walk to the shops and have a look aroundtogether. I wish I could see them a bit more often butdad says they are busytrying to find somewherefor us to live and thattakes a lot of time.This is a picture I drewof the house I want usall to live in one day.seuohmaerMy d29
Now that you are staying with a foster familythere may be lots of things you would like toknow more about.to these people too. They have talked to lots ofchildren and have heard every kind of questionand worry, so don’t be afraid to ask.You might have a lot of questions about whyyou had to live with a foster family or what todo in a foster family. You may be worried aboutwhen you will see your family again.If you turn the page, you can write your ownquestions. Ask your foster carer or someoneelse that can help.You can talk to your foster carer. It’s okay toask anything that will help you to know moreabout what is happening to you.You will also have a foster care worker,maybe a child protection worker, or maybe acounsellor that will see you too. You can talk30Here are some things that other children havewanted to know. You might want to ask aboutthe same things or you might want to knowabout different things. Just remember .It’s okay to ask!
Can I have my special things with me? What will happen if I get into trouble? How long do I have to stay here? When will I see my mum or dad? What will happen if I can’t sleepat night time? When will I see my brother or sister? Who will take me to basketball practice? Which school will I go to and whowill take me? Can I still go to my friend’s birthday party? Can I still see my friends? What should I tell my friends aboutwhy I am in foster care? How will my foster family know whatfood I like and don’t like? How do I know what the rulesare in my foster family? Who’s taking care of my dog? Will people laugh at me becauseI am in foster care?31
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This is a special place for you to put your story.It has a place for photographs or drawings.You can also write the date when you cameto stay with your foster family.You can write the names of your foster familyand all about their home and their pets.You can write about why you had to stay with thisfamily and all about how you feel about being here.You can also keep adding new things that happento this part of the book.The next page shows you how to start writingand adding photographs for your own story.34
Write yourWrite dateStick yourphoto herenamehereYour storyContinue tocreate yourown story onthe nextpages35
About my Foster familyStick a photo ofyourFoster family here36
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my eighth birthday. I can’t live with my mum at the moment, so I’m living with Sally and Bill. They have two kids. Stacey is 3 and Rick is 2. They’re fun to play with. Stacey loves going to the park and having a turn on the swing. She yells ‘Higher, higher’ when I push her. I hope
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