sons and daughters

Today's blog comes from El, who saw our Sons & Daughters blogs on Twitter and was inspired to share her own experiences about growing up with foster carers for parents.

Hello, my name is Bailey. My family have been fostering for 2 ½ years now. We foster children from 0-18 years with a preference of 0-6 years. Overall we have had 5 placements, all boys, one of which was a placement of siblings. They have all come to us from a really young age, as young as 2 days old.

My name is Robbie and I live with my mum and dad, my brother Jamie and my two new sisters Shannon and Paige, and the baby.

There are always the good times and bad times, fostering has no exceptions there will always be a tear to shed once a child has gone, may it be tears of joy from the new family or carers or tears of sorrow to have to say goodbye to a loved family member and friend as they leave to somebody else.

My name is Paige and my family foster children who need looking after.

My foster brother came into my family in May 2012. I was at a school trip to M&Ds when he came. He was six months old when we got him.

Fostering is really fun because you can play with diffrent children!

Hi my name is Katie, I am a foster carer with my family.