Just a family who made the decision to open our home to children in foster care. We are authentic and passionate about changing the way the world sees the system and kids who are in care.
This is our journey becoming a foster family and our experiences with placement calls, placements, and the system.
Whitney (mom) is the primary creator. Darcy (7) likes to steal the show with silliness. Sawyer (4) has no idea what's going on.
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Be The Village
P.O. Box 348
Maineville, OH 45039
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As a child I was in multiple foster homes where it was a "rack em pack em and stack em" for the cash. No questions asked, you rocked the boat you were moved to a different home. Out of all the foster homes I was in there was only one family who showed some actual interest in us. You have to do what feels right for you but the children you have genuinely shown love for will not forget it for the rest of their lives.
It is completely wild to me that you even have to point out that you are not spanking the kids. Here in Germany, hitting your kids was outlawed in the 1990s.
It's understandable that you feel frustrated, but the county needs to prioritize cost when placing children. If an acceptable placement is available that costs less, they can't justify paying more.
Modeling good boundaries is a success.
Your kids matter too. Good choice. 🙏
Don't feel pressured to answer if your not ready to talk about it, but why is John not in any videos anymore?
I would read the comment above yours & and look at Whitney’s reply. I think that might answer your question.
You did the right thing. You have to ensure the safety of your children as a priority as well as the foster child.
We have had one placement for 2 years. In the end we were treated like the bad guys because we cared too much.
I'm not sure when prison trays became popular...lmfao
I was a foster parent for 1 year with one teenage boy. I BEGGED his social worker for help. I BEGGED for wraparound service. I BEGGED for respite. I was denied wraparound and respite. I got no help whatsoever. It’s unsustainable if the county provides you with no support.
My parents would not let me eat anything else for lunch if i didnt eat my school lunch, 9 times out of 10 I'd eat it at school.
Chexk wal mart for scrubs
My birth name us Alene (Al like the boys name lean like not fat) and NOBODY could prounounce it, not even my siblings. Hence now i go by Ruth. Anyway when i was traching preschool i went by Miss A for years. ❤
Less processed/sugar ingredients plz
Get a life
Hellicopter parent 😂😂😂😂😂
My mom could have cared kess they were making bucks getting us a built in swimming pool thanks mom and dad
Thank you for making this video. As a member of the foster care team in my town, I am amazed at the people who make the choice to be foster parents. Great information. All the best to you and your family.
With the Q&A please dont feel pressured to say anything youre not ready to say, I think most of us have figured out why youre in the “rebuilding” as you called it but we don’t need details if youre not ready or dont want to share them. If you are ready to share i would be interested in hearing how your fostering licence has been affected by this life change, did you need to recertification in anyway or was it just giving them notice that you alone would now be the primary care giver?
Heard <3 There will likely be a separate video addressing all of those pieces since it is significant.
Darcy look like her dad
Yes she does! Sawyer is my twin and Darcy has her dad's genes.
um hun less u talking about roaches. bugs and frogs welcome to ga.
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I’ve been here since the early days… idk why but I haven’t seen your vids for a while so I was glad when this popped up on my page and OMG how has Darcy gotten sooo big?!?! Time is a thief and it’s not right!!! I hope y’all are well and I look forward to you getting caught up!! ❤❤❤
Welcome back!
I think she did a great job with her lunch there wasn’t much lunch left anyway she did a great job
Oh my goodness! I live minutes away from Jekyll Island! The Sea Turtle Center is pretty cool! You can usually see dolphins near the pier at high tide! Did you get to see Driftwood Beach?
Darcy is a character and I love it!!
Glad it worked out to take the time to spend with your family, although it was more of a semi-vacation for you. 😊 I remember some summer beach vacations growing up (late 70's, 80's) where our extended family stayed in the same rental house, and it got pretty chaotic sometimes! 🌞🏖🌴
splendid . Be- ))
Im glad to see you had some time away, even if you had to work. A change of scenery is great.
you’re always taking a break…… figure out what you want to do and stick with that!!! smh
How does it stay fresh when they’re at school all day and then they don’t eat till later
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Whose Bethany? Your name is Whitney! Last I knew, you dont talk about what or if your children receive services. 🤔 I think they missed the point of your channel. I think Darcy is the cutest! I dont know that I've heard Sawyer talk. In any case your a great mom and YOU know whats best for your family
Agree! I'm a huge advocate for therapy!! My partner & I each have our own therapist & have one we see as a couple. Highly recommend, especially for foster families.
Darcy's gotten so big!!!!
Get a therapist and stick with one.
I've been with my therapist for nearly 6 years. It's amazing that I've been able to continue seeing her for that long!
Do you have an email for the travel agent?
Thank you for taking her in. We took in one of my high school students for six months during her family crisis and it was more expensive than I was expecting. She was 17 and I really wanted her to be able to get her high school diploma. You’re doing a good thing. I have four kids, ages 20 - 30 and they still require help and support. Kicking kids out at 18 because it’s some magical ‘adult’ age is one of the myriad of stupid things we do to them.
At my old school u have 15 min to eat and 15 go outside to play if theres a fight we got 30 min in total so some people went hungry
These are so beautiful!
Hey! Im not great at keep up with KZread… did your family structure change outside of allowing this past foster child to stay with you?
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I have some really important questions if you could show me the best platform to get a phone call. I adopted a child through fostercare...
I understand you've taken in an adult, prior-foster-child, to live with you for a time. I get that you are emphasizing both they are an adult and (in another video/clip) they are still just 18. They still need help, guidance and support.
I personally don't like you! You are very rude! You replied to me be the village, and were very rude! I don't like you!
I have only had long placements and respite. I can say we are fully into a routine but reunification will be very hard after 2 years…. For everyone including extended family. Those emotions on top of my and of course most important… the child can be a lot to manage.
when i was in primary (elementary) school, our lunch was from 1:00-1:40. BUT! they always gave us an extra 10 minutes to eat at 12:50 so we could have that play time and not have to rush and stuff our faces full.
I'd ask for them for their credentials.
Between 18-21 young adults need to be transitioned to independence. A lot of parents in the US fail at this, because they are not able to transition to living with young adults. The rules of the home become the parents personal boundaries. I need to go to bed at midnight, and for my peace of mind, I need to know everyone is in and the doors are locked, so please be home by midnight. I don’t want to waste food, so please let me know if you are eating with me or with friends, so I don’t have to eat the same leftovers for a week. I will do your laundry for you today if you bring it to the laundry room, or you can do it yourself on Thursday after I finish my loads… With children we control their scheduled, with young adults they control their schedules within the boundaries of people they are responsible to - parents, employers, teachers, administrators, etc. The keys are respect and responsibility- if you don’t give them either, they are going to learn adulting the hard way.
I personally know 2 very successful adult women who don't pronounce their r's the "right" way. It hasn't held them back in life.
This makes perfect sense to me I’m now a grandfather but we had 3 sons 2 of whom were twins