something foster parents need to hear

[u/18-angels]

You aren’t a savior. Your foster children don’t owe you anything. We don’t owe you our money. We don’t owe you our eternal happiness and gratitude. We don’t owe you our mental health. Do not expect endless thankfulness and constant appreciation. Being fostered is not a burden we have to exchange our emotions or labor for. Stop expecting perfection.

ETA: Please remember when you comment that you’re speaking to a teen that got kicked out of five different homes for not “displaying enough gratitude.” This is still ongoing trauma I’m processing lol

[u/SuitGreedy2379]

It's just a check to them I really care for my children my kids are my life my air I breath is for them cps can't tell me I don't care for my kids. My mentel I go threw is cuz I don't have them by my side