What do you do when friends of your sons start to take an interest in a teenage girl you're fostering? A foster carer describes how she dealt with the fallout after the inevitable tensions occurred.
When I started fostering I went for boys. I had young sons of my own and I thought it would be good for the children in my care to have someone of a similar age to play with, and for them to have things in common. But, after a while, I realised that I would be better suited to fostering girls, and the first one I took in was Jane.
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