To think foster parents are britain's forgotten heros

[Reallytired]

Children who are in care are often not the easiest of children. It takes a special sort of person to take these children into their families.

We have over paid footballers or actors getting MBEs. Why not foster parents?

Too true! Was thinking this the other day.

must be in the forefront of a lot of our minds now, i was thinking it too.
particularly now Child Protection is so much In the NEws

Absolutely - if you know a heroic and deserving foster parent - then you can nominate them!

I am sure many foster parents are special and do great job.

But I can tell you that a good few are deeply shocking in their approach to what they do.

Like people in any other field, really.

stewiegriffin

foster parents do get MBEs

reasonably often

and since the 1970s at least, it seems