Maybe IABU but I feel like I went into fostering with a good understanding of the children’s needs and but I wasn’t prepared for the complete lack of support and care from professionals and how you constantly have to fight for everything: much needed therapy for a child - repeatedly delayed, respite - a constant battle, money/ progression - a battle, support in getting a child into an appropriate education setting - a battle. It just seems to be one size fits all and individual children’s needs just aren’t considered, as long as the child has a roof over their heads it doesn’t matter if the placement is appropriate for them. Everything seems to be about box ticking rather than the child centred approach that is spoken about so much. It feels a constant battle to get those who actually have the power to make decisions over the child’s future to really show some genuine interest in them, instead children are just repeatedly failed.