PoliteTurningKoala2859 / Jun 21 2021 22.00
hi, i live in a children’s home and have lived in foster care. foster care wasn’t for me because they try to make you part of their family, sometimes they have kids of their own which made me feel like a bit of an outsider. i living in a children’s home much better, there is 6 of us that live there (the max it can take) and there is always 2 members of staff on shift, sometimes extra staff come in if behaviour is particularly bad. some of the care workers aren’t the best- they sometimes mess stuff up or say things that they aren’t meant to say, but they are definitely outweighed by other staff that are just lovely and that will let you have a good laugh and that you can acc speak to. in terms of the other young people: we all get on quite well, there is sometimes arguments but they never go on longer than a few hours or an evening. sometimes we make fun of each other but it’s just for banter not out of nastiness. in my experience living in a children’s home is more exciting than living in foster care and everyone messes up sometimes because we all have our own issues so it isn’t like everyone thinks you’re a freak for getting upset or kicking off x