Dear Family and Friends,
As most of you know, Travis and I have started one of the most exciting adventures of our lives. We have recently become licensed foster parents. I know a lot of you are so excited and have been very supportive. I really needed to make a few things clear so that there is no confusion in the future.
Being a foster parent is an amazing thing. We are excited to get started. This being said, there are a lot of stipulations that come right along with being a foster parent. Confidentiality is of the utmost importance. This may seem like a given to some people, but I felt I should elaborate on what this means.
From this point on, you will not see any twitters, blogs, facebook updates, etc about foster parenting. The reason for this is the children we will be caring for need to be protected. What this means for you as our family and friends is that we absolutely need you to understand that if we make a comment about a child, which we will not be doing often, but you need to treat it as though we were talking about our own children, because that is what they are while they are in our care. This means no questions like, “oh how sweet, is this your foster child?” or “How are you liking being a foster parent?” If you have questions about the well being of our family, please feel free to call me and we will be more than happy to catch up.
Basically, the fact that we have foster children is confidential. The fact that some of the children in our care may be foster children is confidential. Pretty much, everything involving the word “foster” is confidential. We could lose our license if any of that confidentiality is breached. Thank you for understanding and if you have any questions, you can email me @ mandyhill419@gmail.com.
Love,
Mandy
Tony C said,
August 24, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Good to know! We’re so pumped for you guys!!
Holly said,
August 25, 2009 at 12:22 am
that is awesome girl I know it is very confidential we have checked in to it several times but we had the daycare so we couldn’t do it but I am closing the daycare to go back to school so maybe we can do it soon. I will be emailing u often to get updates love ya girl!!!!!
lessonsfromgod said,
August 27, 2009 at 5:07 pm
So excited for the next season God has for you two!!! Thanks for letting us know about the requirements. We will keep that in mind when checking in on you! Love ya.