What it’s like… to be raised in foster care in Ireland
We have all heard stories about the Irish care system – good and bad – and the outlook for those in and coming through foster care is often tinged with pessimism and hopelessness. Mental health issues, addiction, abuse, crime. Aside from the trauma of a child being taken from their natural family home, there are […]
10 years ago
The heartbreaking story of a little boy who grew up in foster care in Ireland
Shane Griffin spent his childhood moving around at least 19 residential units foster care. He went from home to home and experienced sexual abuse along the way. He was so desperate for help – he wrote this moving letter to a judge in his case. Now he has grown up, he tells the Irish Times […]
10 years ago
This Blogger’s Emotional Post About A Toothbrush Has Gone Viral
Foster mum and mental health blogger Rachel Hillestad, recently posted a picture of a Cookie Monster toothbrush to her Facebook page in a moving tribute to her eight-year-old foster child. A writer who blogs on everything from her emergency hysterectomy at 32, Sensory Processing Disorder, twin loss, depression, anxiety, OCD to raising foster kids and letting them move on, Rachel […]
10 years ago