I finally got a call on Friday regarding Christmas presents for my 1 year old foster daughter. Since she's my first placement, I wasn't quite sure how my agency handles Christmas gifts etc.
She called and basically told me that since I take such good care of my fd and buy her lots of special items all the time that she "knew" I had Christmas covered for her. She also went on about how a lot of foster parents do not provide a good Christmas for the foster children so instead of giving my fd all the presents that they received for her, she gave them to other foster kids in the agency who were less fortunate
This made me extremely upset. This woman isn't my caseworker, she's the mother's caseworker and she is supposed to come out to the home (I believe twice per month) I've had the baby since February and she's only been out
ONE TIME.
How does she know what the baby needs or not, and how does she know what kind of care I am providing for the baby?
True indeed I did go out and buy her Christmas toys, and clothes because that's what parents do. It is my responsibility to take care and provide for her. However, I didn't think that it was right for her to make a decision like that!!!!!