'I was extremely grateful. I still am. I look back and I think to myself how things could have been so different..'
Three years after living with Laura, a parent and child foster carer, mum Andi and her toddler Isla are now thriving.
Two days after baby Isla was born, Parent and Child Foster Carer Laura visited Andi in the hospital and the two women clicked straight away. Andi and Isla moved into Laura’s home after leaving the hospital. "For anyone coming into a Parent and Child placement, it can be daunting. I always say, don’t be afraid to ask questions. We very quickly got to the situation where Andi did trust me enough to ask questions and that made it a lot easier.”
"Deep in my heart, I knew I could do it. I just needed someone to give me that chance and to give me that courage because it had been squashed inside of me in so many ways. I’d missed out on many aspects with my children because I’d been in an abusive relationship. I’d missed out on pointers regarding how to read my child’s cues. I can remember Laura being there and trying to reassure me.
"If someone has the time, the space and has it in their heart, reach out, investigate, get the information, go and do the training, and come and talk to some of us already doing it because that’s very helpful."
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