Foster children get a cuddly start to life
Children moving in with adoptive families are to be given a teddy bear to mark the start of their new life.
The Midlands Co-operative Society has donated more than 70 teddies to the Leicestershire and Rutland Family Panel to give out to youngsters over the next year.
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Family panel chairman Ian Clarkson said: "Giving a child a teddy bear with which to start their new family life might seem like a small gesture but these bears will symbolise so much for these children and will become treasured keepsakes.
"It marks a very special occasion for an adopted child. We are very grateful to Midlands Co-operative for this kind donation."
Dave Cahill, manager of the Midlands Co-operative store in Glenfield, said: "We were delighted to be able to offer our support to such a worthwhile cause.
"It is very heartwarming to know that children starting this new and exciting journey will have a furry friend to take along and we sincerely hope that both enjoy many very happy times with their new families."
2 Comments
by 7rinity
Sunday, February 12 2012, 8:13PM
“Additionally, the following was by a commenter on the FB thread of my link to this story.
Right because "gotcha day" is a day adoptees celebrate....Ha ha...very funny. It isn't a "special" occasion for an adoptee. It's a day that a child's original, truthful documentation of birth is sealed and a falsified one issued listing the adoptive parents as the "birth" parents. Forgery, fraud, lies...all in the name of the fuzzy wuzzy word "adoption".
Wait 'til these children have to do family trees in school. Nothing is more triggering for a child than finding out that the people who created you have literally been erased from your family history due to sealed records. How many adoptees are pressured to lie on their "family trees" or just go along and do the fake trees as not to upset their adoptive parents?
These teddy bears should be called "Grief Bears" because while everyone else is "celebrating" the adoptee is grieving and being told to "be happy"!!!!”
by 7rinity
Saturday, February 11 2012, 4:30PM
“Hang about - you say "foster families" in the title, and "adoptive families" within the text - which one is it, because not all foster children will be available for adoption.
You need to stop conflating the two and sort out what you do mean to say.”