“I thought I was safe. I really, truly did," are the emotional words of a woman whose traumatic experience in the foster care system in B.C. left her forever changed.
“To this day, I sleep with a knife under my bed,” she said, explaining she has also taken self-defence classes.
Meanwhile my neighbor called social services on us because they had not seen our children out playing enough in their opinion, which resulted in months of check in visits when no problem existed. They need a more resources and prioritization. I feel like workers in higher income areas are reaching for something while those in lower income areas do not have enough resources to do all the check-ins required.
Meanwhile my neighbor called social services on us because they had not seen our children out playing enough in their opinion, which resulted in months of check in visits when no problem existed. They need a more resources and prioritization. I feel like workers in higher income areas are reaching for something while those in lower income areas do not have enough resources to do all the check-ins required.