brokenheartedkid / May 26 2009 11.36

 tell your friend if shes not happy if she does get put into care then she has to tell her social worker as they are there to help her and to listen to her.

Being in care isnt all that bad,ok there can be some bad times but its not at all like people say,the foster carers are mostly really nice and kids in care get alot more oppurtunities than kid who arnt in care

lali-pali-poo / May 27 2009 19.59

Being in care is no where near as everyone, mainly the media makes out. Very few people are in care homes now, and if they are the care homes are places for children to feel secure, not abandoned. Foster care isn't as bad as it seems either. i have been in foster care for 10 years, (since i was 4), and i have never encountered true problems, only which bedroom i slept in lol! It is hard at first, but it doesn't take long to addjust, and for most people, it isn't permenant (me not being most people!). Life goes on as normal, and as long as she is grateful to whoever she lives with, she will be treated well. it is only when children mess carers about that they get moved alot. Just remind her that if she thinks she might be going in to care there is probbably a good reason for it, and when things get better, she may well go back. 

Hope this helps x x  

darkrose13 / Jul 16 2009 14.59

im in care and wot its like depends on if you get on with ur foster carers and if u have a nice socal worker.  i went into care at 8 and it was hard i used to cry all the time but then i moved in with a nice person and she gave me lodes of atention and i felt wanted agen and settled in. then after 2 yers of being there my carer moved and i had to move to another family then every month i seemed to move familys. ive bin moved around so much now i fill unloved and have alot of problems coz of it both with making frends and anger. if only i cud have moved with my old carer who i looked to as my mum then i wud be fine now.  if your lucky enugh to stay with same carer and u like them then its better than being abused at home if u get moved round like i have sumtimes u just wish u didnt get put into care in the first place

littlemissgiggles / Oct 12 2009 17.16

hi i no how your feeling u could ring them up and ask a wee bit about what they can do and hoe to help u and tell ur friend not to worry show her the web site show her u have writen about her then shell no u care about her and want to help her

hope it works good luckxxx

mess / Jan 23 2010 21.28

i am in care i have moved 5 times in the last 6months but i finally found somewhere i love to live. social services will always try to find a place which is most suitable for the person in question. i have lived in two care homes and i met alot of new people who have helped me move on in my life in my opinion living with a foster family is better because i love the "normal" family enviroment being in care is a lot better than being at home for me and social services will only move a child into care if it was completly neccessary  and they will try everything to move you bac home if it is possible.

good luck xx