Oh yes I forgot, the family I worked with, we wondered for ages what she was spending her welfare money on, she never paid rent, there was no food in the house and a cockroach nest in the fridge! I asked the police to check it for food...they were all over him lol. Maggots in the frying pan.
They all slept in one room like these kids on a filthy foam mattress, this was the lounge room all the other rooms were blocked by furniture. They all wet this one foam mattress 5 kids and mum. The kids were touching each other too. They couldn't use a knife and fork but went to school. Work that one out.
The mum was nice enough but not too bright, she always used to tell me she lost 5 stones when we took the children, she hadn't it was a way of saying the children were too much. We had a good therapeutic relationship, and the kids will never go home, but can see their mum. We don't really do the adoption thing much in Queensland like they do in the US. Kids are removed and parents get 2 yrs to get their act together if applicable. Otherwise it's foster care until 18.
Not the best system, kids can experience 30 or more placements. It's so traumatic we cause attachment disorders.
Oh gosh I got carried away, this is too long. I've got PTSD from scary people, mum wasn't scary at all. Rather like Louise, she is so submissive.
The money, turns out she was buying in fast food every day obviously, plus instead of washing the clothes she would do the rounds of the op shops for more. We took 60 huge black plastic bags full of clothing to the dump.
So sorry this is so long, I went somewhere else lol.
