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Live2shop.
That's a good idea! There should be a minimum of "good" clothing the child should have. At least a starter wardrobe. You know the children have a hard enough time dealing with whatever their situation is. I want them to be happy and wear/have nice things while they are here. It's just impossible to keep up with when the turnover is high, and you are constantly spending hundreds of dollars when a child has nothing. Then three times I have been given a foster child days before their birthday (from another foster home) and not come with any presents. You would think if you had a child in your home for 10 months, you would have bought them a b-day present. I guess my big gripe was this last placement, I got him days before his birthday and it was the beginning of school. He had no decent clothes. No school supplies or b-day present. Nothing. With having to buy for 5 others just before him, my pocketbook was had been stretched as far as it could. So I was on burnout.
Anyway, thank you everyone for listening to me gripe about something petty like money and supporting me on it. I don't feel so bad about it now and don't plan on letting someone do that to me again. I will ask the next time they call, "Does the child have decent clothes to wear?" or "When's their birthday?" lol