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How to handle promises foster parents cannot guarantee

My foster daughter asks me every night if I am going to send her away and I promise I will not but I know I cannot control what happens

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Children need security that the system cannot provide, forcing caregivers to choose between false hope and devastating honesty.

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