It's where families take in kids who aren't with their families. Temporary, usually. Sometimes the parents adopt.
[a small, sad smile] I'm sure there are good people who do it, but I was never that lucky. You get paid to take in kids, you see. The government gives you money so you can afford clothes and food for them.
...the homes I was sent, they were mostly just looking for a check. They weren't all awful. But they weren't good, either.
[a pause]
I stuck it out for awhile. I mean...there weren't a lot of other options, you know? Until one of the foster dads tried...well... he just had a lot in common with my brother.
We made a deal. He'd let me run away and I wouldn't tell the social worker what he'd tried to do.
[there's shame there. Like with Archie and Simpson, she knows what the price of her silence probably was. She's not proud of it]
I took it and I hid out in the city. Newford wasn't far and it was easy to get lost there, if no one was looking for you.
[Action]
It's where families take in kids who aren't with their families. Temporary, usually. Sometimes the parents adopt.
[a small, sad smile] I'm sure there are good people who do it, but I was never that lucky. You get paid to take in kids, you see. The government gives you money so you can afford clothes and food for them.
...the homes I was sent, they were mostly just looking for a check. They weren't all awful. But they weren't good, either.
[a pause]
I stuck it out for awhile. I mean...there weren't a lot of other options, you know? Until one of the foster dads tried...well... he just had a lot in common with my brother.
We made a deal. He'd let me run away and I wouldn't tell the social worker what he'd tried to do.
[there's shame there. Like with Archie and Simpson, she knows what the price of her silence probably was. She's not proud of it]
I took it and I hid out in the city. Newford wasn't far and it was easy to get lost there, if no one was looking for you.