So You Want to Foster? - Couverture souple

Maxwell, Mr Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1795488115 ISBN 13 : 9781795488112

Editeur : Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

This book is intended to give an honest “warts-and-all” appraisal of what it means to be a foster carer. It chronicles the 16-year fostering career of Neil and Adele Maxwell and attempts to give a realistic portrayal of the highs and lows, the rewards and penalties, the benefits and the detriments of life as a foster carer. For those who are considering putting themselves forward to fulfil the challenging role of foster carer, it provides an enlightening vision of what to expect. The book makes no assumption about which way it may prompt the reader to decide, but readers will at least be making an objective decision, mindful of ALL the facts.Whenever the concept of foster care is discussed, those who have never experienced its realities invariably begin to wax lyrical and speak in glowing terms about how “rewarding” it must be to look after disadvantaged children. The popular notion is that foster carers live up to some pious idealistic way of life given over to sacrifice and endurance in the interests of raising an extended surrogate family. Is this romantic vision a true picture of the fostering vocation or is it merely a repetition of a fashionable humanistic mantra or is it, as the book suggests, possibly just “patronizing claptrap”? The book provides an honest view of life as a foster carer, at times gritty, at times hilarious, at times gut-wrenching. The book concludes that under certain circumstances, fostering can be the fulfilment of family life and in others it can be a mortal disaster. Neil and Adele Maxwell have witnessed how it can be the salvation of families. They have seen how the lives of wayward children can be transformed; they have witnessed how children at the bottom of the pile can be encouraged to become young adults full of promise and potential. They have been favoured to minister to children through abandonment, loss and grief; they have shared their joy of achievement, fulfilment of their goals and realization of their aspirations. They have nursed them through sickness, dealt with their dejection and supported them in bereavement. Sharing their lives has been by turns a privilege, a blessing, a burden and a curse.Would they recommend the life? Read the book and see.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1795488115
• ISBN 13: 9781795488112
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 258
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg