Are the foster parents going on vacation or is it some kind of family emergency? I mean, why don't they take the kids with them? I thought the whole concept of foster parenting was to treat the child as your own...taking them for medical and dental check-ups, consulting with their teachers and going on vacations. Am I way behind times here, Libby?
They are going out there to take one of the other foster kids for a family visit with a potential placement. They got permission to take one of the other kids who has relatives there to visit also. These people usually only take teenage boys. They have my 7 year old boy on an emergency and temporary basis. He is also a very difficult child. The state wouldn't have given permission for him to go with them, so I had to arrange a placement for him for the time they were gone. This particular child is actually waiting to be placed in therapeutic foster care.