WTF? Parental rights v childrens privacy.

[jingleballs]

phonecalls

i'm all for privacy etc.. but I think the worlds gone mad, what do u recon?

I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable monitoring someone else's calls but from the sounds of things the mother had good reason to be suspicious in this case. No doubt if she hadn't done anything she would've been slated for that too.

exactly.

what rules havent gone over the top? as a foster mum heres a list of the things i cant do:shout, swear, smack,ground, send to there room,take there fav things away, cant listen on calls look at any mail,even in protection situations, and for list of things i can do say nicely and quitly, "please dont do that dear its not nice"which they usually reply by telling my to f... off

In other words, parents can't function as parents anymore.

And then they wonder why children are out of control.

yes its my job to help them see life from a normal perspective,i had one lad you can read about on i feel so low thread,he was with us for years before that he was moved almost monthly,and he was damn hard work but he would come to me for a hug and i used to say to him"..... your a little shit,but your my little shit"he didnt understand anything other then street talk,he knew it was said with love but i got carpeted by my bosses when they heard me say it one day as i was verbally abusing him!!!!but i spoke in words he understood and felt safe with

fostermum, I never realised you had to function as a 'mum' under so many restrictions. Must be so difficult, especially not being able to send one of your children to their rooms if they are being bad or need to cool down. IMO that's part of normal family life.

As for that phonecall saga - agree, that the world's gone mad.