Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
There’s a quiet mythology around foster parenting: be endlessly giving, never want to keep, don’t mention your heartbreak.
Kate and Sarah dismantle the “self-sacrificing foster parent” script and talk honestly about limits, attachment, rage at broken systems, and what it means to love a child fully—even when reunification is the goal and your heart is the collateral.
There’s a quiet mythology around foster parenting: be endlessly giving, never want to keep, don’t mention your heartbreak.
Kate and Sarah dismantle the “self-sacrificing foster parent” script and talk honestly about limits, attachment, rage at broken systems, and what it means to love a child fully—even when reunification is the goal and your heart is the collateral.
