Comments on: Does PRIDE Training Really Prepare You? http://mychosenchildren.com/does-pride-training-really-prepare-you Foster care, parenting, foster care issues, foster children Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: CindyS http://mychosenchildren.com/does-pride-training-really-prepare-you#comment-10 CindyS Tue, 06 May 2008 10:10:03 +0000 http://mychosenchildren.com/?p=6#comment-10 Oh my! No, even my bio children wouldn't get up willingly at 5 am to do anything. And no matter how hard I tried, I could not get them to do smoothies, at least not without a ton of sugar. I always wonder how successful those parents are but then I guess understanding comes slowly. In talking to other foster parents, all of them said that they wish they had more knowledge of the developmental issues so that they could have understood and helped. My training this time has been SO much more helpful AFTER I had a foster child. Too late for J but not too late for the next one. Oh my! No, even my bio children wouldn’t get up willingly at 5 am to do anything. And no matter how hard I tried, I could not get them to do smoothies, at least not without a ton of sugar. I always wonder how successful those parents are but then I guess understanding comes slowly. In talking to other foster parents, all of them said that they wish they had more knowledge of the developmental issues so that they could have understood and helped. My training this time has been SO much more helpful AFTER I had a foster child. Too late for J but not too late for the next one.

]]> By: Amy http://mychosenchildren.com/does-pride-training-really-prepare-you#comment-9 Amy Tue, 06 May 2008 05:10:22 +0000 http://mychosenchildren.com/?p=6#comment-9 My PRIDE training covered some of that. It's just so crazy...because I think until you are in it, you can't imagine what it will be like. My favorite moment in my PRIDE class was when we had to go around and talk about what some of things we were looking forward to were. I had this single lady in her 30s in my class, and from things she said I gathered she was getting into foster care to combat her lonliness. She wanted to take in two teenage girls. She said she most looked forward to getting up with the girls before work to do yoga (at 5am ... for AN HOUR!) and then make fruit smoothies together. She looked so excited, like it was going to be a big ol' slumber party. The instructor gently let her know that most teenagers would NEVER rise at 5 to do yoga and would most likely be demanding an egg McMuffin for breakfast. My PRIDE training covered some of that. It’s just so crazy…because I think until you are in it, you can’t imagine what it will be like.

My favorite moment in my PRIDE class was when we had to go around and talk about what some of things we were looking forward to were. I had this single lady in her 30s in my class, and from things she said I gathered she was getting into foster care to combat her lonliness. She wanted to take in two teenage girls. She said she most looked forward to getting up with the girls before work to do yoga (at 5am … for AN HOUR!) and then make fruit smoothies together. She looked so excited, like it was going to be a big ol’ slumber party. The instructor gently let her know that most teenagers would NEVER rise at 5 to do yoga and would most likely be demanding an egg McMuffin for breakfast.

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