• Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Become a Foster Parent
Plummer Youth Promise
  • About Us
    • Mission, Values, & History
    • Leadership
    • Fiscal & Annual Reports
    • Careers
    • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    • Our Future Campus
    • Contact Us
  • Our Approach
    • Overview
    • Our Model
  • Our Programs
    • Residential Programs
      • Group Home
      • Supported Apartment
      • Community Apartments
    • Foster Parent Program
    • Intensive Permanency Services
    • Permanency Mediation
  • Consulting Services
    • Strategic Consulting
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us
  • News & Stories
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Leave a Legacy
    • Join Promise Circle
    • Become a Fundraiser
    • Volunteer
  • Donate
  • Search
  • Menu Menu
News & Stories

Ever thought of becoming a Foster Parent?

July 31, 2015

It’s not a quick decision.  Ask anyone who fosters how they decided to become a foster parent, and they will talk to you about a journey.  A journey filled with questions like: Will I get too attached?  What will it feel like when my foster child leaves? These questions seem to be universal.

Recently we’ve come across several blog posts that go to the heart of the attachment questions by reframing the issue from the child’s perspective. Jason Johnson’s post movingly refers to shifting his thinking “away from what I stand to lose and towards what a child might stand to gain.”

In a post called Crash Course in Parenting, the author writes “I am going to cry if/when “my boys” go home, possibly for days or even weeks. . . . But I hope that we can have a positive impact on the children that make their way into our home and into our hearts. They have been through so much and any loss that I might endure is so small in comparison to their very great losses.”

In Massachusetts, there are thousands of young people in need of loving foster homes.  They are waiting for safety, love and guidance. If you foster, will your foster child eventually leave you? In all likelihood, yes.  Will it be hard? Yes. Will you have made a difference? Most definitely yes.  These posts above remind us that fostering is not about the adults, it’s about the kids.

Plummer Foster Care turned away more than 200 kids last year because we didn’t have enough parents. Can you help?  Click here to find out more.

Share this entry
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on LinkedIn
  • Share by Mail
https://plummeryouthpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/aunt-and-nephew-300x225-1.jpg 225 300 competenow /wp-content/uploads/2023/04/logo-1-1.png competenow2015-07-31 15:48:062023-04-29 07:12:18Ever thought of becoming a Foster Parent?

Latest News

  • Celebrating Foster Care Month 2023
  • Sometimes Love Means Saying Goodbye
  • Plummer Youth Promise Receives $1M in State Funds
  • Abortion bans and the foster care system.
  • How family search and engagement can impact a youth’s path to successful adulthood

Donate

Join Our Promise Circle With A Recurring Gift Or Make a One Time Gift

Donate Now

About Us

Mission, Values & History

Leadership

Fiscal & Annual Reports

Careers

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Our Future Campus

Contact Us

Our Programs

Residential Programs

Foster Parent Program

Intensive Permanency Services

Permanency Mediation

Consulting Services

Strategic Consulting

Our Team

Contact Us

Get Involved

Donate

Leave a Legacy

Join Promise Circle

Become a Fundraiser

Volunteer

Our Approach

Overview

Our Model

News & Stories

Latest News & Stories

Follow Us

Copyright © 2023 - Plummer Youth Promise. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use. Web Design by Tomo360.
  • About Us
    • Mission, Values, & History
    • Leadership
    • Fiscal & Annual Reports
    • Careers
    • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    • Our Future Campus
    • Contact Us
    • Back
  • Our Approach
    • Overview
    • Our Model
    • Back
  • Our Programs
    • Residential Programs
      • Group Home
      • Supported Apartment
      • Community Apartments
      • Back
    • Foster Parent Program
    • Intensive Permanency Services
    • Permanency Mediation
    • Back
  • Consulting Services
    • Strategic Consulting
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us
    • Back
  • News & Stories
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Leave a Legacy
    • Join Promise Circle
    • Become a Fundraiser
    • Volunteer
    • Back
  • Donate

    Quick Links

  • Contact Us
  • Careers
  • Donate
  • Become a Foster Parent

"*" indicates required fields