tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138852566622656583.post3441162114956684914..comments2023-04-13T01:47:23.199+12:00Comments on Family Integrity: Media- Anti-smacking worries push foster parents outFamilyIntegrityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03384901718650983051noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138852566622656583.post-86837997525065523502008-01-22T18:45:00.000+13:002008-01-22T18:45:00.000+13:00As the person quoted in this article I would like ...As the person quoted in this article I would like to put some things<BR/>straight.<BR/><BR/>I was never interviewed about the repeal of s59 - I was phoned about a new<BR/>organisation that is due to be launched shortly. At no time<BR/>was I aware that I was being interviewed re the repeal of s59. This<BR/>interview should also have never mentioned the South Auckland Caregivers<BR/>Association.<BR/><BR/>As a caregiver for many years, I have always been aware that caregivers are<BR/>unable to harm foster children in any way. There has however been times when<BR/>caregivers have needed to restrain a child/young person in order to stop<BR/>that child/young person either harming themselves or others.<BR/><BR/>It is with this in mind that some caregivers have a very real fear with the<BR/>repeal of s59 of the possibility of being charged should they need to<BR/>restrain a child/young person or should the child/young person need to be<BR/>placed in time out.<BR/><BR/>This fear is quite real, and with the recent cases in the media regarding<BR/>parents and their own children, it is obvious why.<BR/><BR/>Caregivers often take in children from very sad and disturbed backgrounds.<BR/>These children/young people are very hard at times and it does take very<BR/>special people to take care of these children/young people.<BR/><BR/>I am also aware of caregivers that have left caregiving because of the fear<BR/>of being charged as well as because of the other reasons that were sited in<BR/>the article by Byron Perkins.<BR/><BR/>I am very sorry that this article came aboutfostermumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605196685481206266noreply@blogger.com