media https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/ en KFC and fostered children https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/blogs/dom-tfn/kfc-and-fostered-children <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--blog.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span>KFC and fostered children</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--blog.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Dom-tFN</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--blog.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Thu, 02/12/2015 - 12:33</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-introduction--blog.html.twig * field--node--field-introduction.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--field-introduction.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-introduction field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item">Dominic Stevenson, senior media officer at The Fostering Network, writes: The internet, or sections of it, has found a new outrage – and while it will only last as long as the others, we wanted to put in our tuppence worth on this one.</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--blog.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>KFC have started running a new television advert which shows a child being fostered, growing up in a secure and loving home, reaching independence and then being part of the family that welcomes a new fostered child into their home. Obviously they’re all eating KFC, but that’s by the by because it is an advert designed to boost the sales chicken.</p><p>Rumblings on social media have been that the advert doesn’t fully represent the fostering experience – and we have to agree wholeheartedly, it does not represent the fostering experience for the vast majority of people. It’s impossible to represent a lifetime in a minute, but what it does do is shine a light on the hugely important work that foster carers do every day throughout the UK to make the world a better place for the children in their care.</p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="293" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BI22NT5LhJA" width="520"></iframe></p><p>What it also shows is that a long-term fostering placement, with foster carers who are properly supported, can enable a young person to achieve academically, to be confident and fulfilled and to grow into independence with happiness.</p><p>The Fostering Network receives a lot of media enquiries, from a lot of different media outlets, who want to make documentaries about fostering. Unfortunately very few, if any, of these ever happen because children who live in foster care generally can’t be filmed, and sadly many media professionals don’t think the public would consider fostering compelling enough without moving images of the children themselves. So the documentaries don’t get made, and foster care stays in the shadows.</p><p>KFC has shone a light on long-term fostering by using actors to represent what they feel were key scenes throughout a young person’s life. Yes it was fanciful, but was the KFC television advert exploitative? No, of course it wasn’t.</p><p>The normalisation of fostering as a long-term way to provide children and young people with the support they need to flourish is something that we as a charity have been pushing for over many years. We are ambitious for children in foster care. We see that they’re full of potential and overflowing with the energy and vibrancy to do whatever they want in the world.</p><p>People have started a petition to have the advert taken off television…but answer us this, why would we remove a positive portrayal of young people in foster care from our television sets?</p><p>Rather than being outraged that it doesn't represent the full complexities of foster care, be encouraged that (even though we all know they’re doing it to sell chicken) a major company feels that foster care is a positive way to represent the family in the 21st century.&nbsp;</p><p>We recently said that we need 8,370 new foster carers across the UK. Maybe the advert will show someone what they’re missing and encourage them to open their doors to a child who needs them in their darkest hour. Visit <strong><a href="http://www.couldyoufoster.org.uk">couldyoufoster.org.uk</a></strong> to find out more.</p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-blog-tags--blog.html.twig * field--node--field-blog-tags.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--field-blog-tags.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1596" hreflang="en">KFC</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/326" hreflang="en">foster care</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1597" hreflang="en">television</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/280" hreflang="en">media</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=8061&amp;2=favourite_content" token="SVORk502uAvYad0gByc_PIqJTzZvYrDSftpY1J9kDmU"></drupal-render-placeholder> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-comment--blog.html.twig * field--node--field-comment.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--field-comment.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=8061&amp;2=field_comment&amp;3=comment" token="kwmqWbBpWru4kXkxYCLdtOHqZZIoDIDSe0vl6IzXmS4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:33:11 +0000 Dom-tFN 8061 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/blogs/dom-tfn/kfc-and-fostered-children#comments The News https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/blogs/cathy-glass/news <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--blog.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span>The News</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--blog.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Cathy Glass</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--blog.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Mon, 06/02/2014 - 08:59</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-introduction--blog.html.twig * field--node--field-introduction.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--field-introduction.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-introduction field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item">World events are now so accessible and immediate – coming into our homes through live television and the internet (as well as radio and newspapers) – it is as well to remember the impact that seeing a disaster can have on our children. At one time, before live coverage of world events, the most shocking pictures we saw were stills of starving children in Africa, usually shown to raise money for famine relief, which were shocking enough. Now, through satellite television, we can witness disasters across the world as they unfold, with the effect that we are closer, more involved, than we ever used to be and they have greater impact and stress on us. Censoring of the news is usually left to the carer or parent.</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--blog.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Not only do we often see the disaster actually happening but we are there, sometimes for days on end, working with rescue crews as they dig bodies out of rubble, examine wreckage of crashed aeroplanes or disentangle mangled cars, or with journalists as they talk to survivors of terrorist attacks, or grieving parents of missing or dead children. What isn’t captured by the film crew is often supplemented by witnesses’ camera footage taken on mobile phones.</p> <p>The impact these disasters have on children is usually greater than on adults, as children haven’t yet developed the desensitization that adults have in order to protect themselves. After the events of 9/11 and the Boxing Day tsunami, counselling lines were set up for those who have been affected by what they had seen on television. The lines were very busy and many of the calls were from minors.</p> <p>While it is important our children are aware of world events, what they know about needs to be age appropriate, and they shouldn’t have to witness more than their young minds can cope with. I think we can be lulled into a false sense of security by believing that what is shown on the early evening news must be suitable family viewing. Recently a boy of ten I was fostering was so upset by a massacre at a school in America, as reported on a children’s news programme, that he had nightmares, and kept asking me if it could happen at his school. I spent a long time reassuring him.</p> <p>I think talking about the issues helps and we need to put the disasters into perspective for our children. Tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions don’t happen every day; security is tight to prevent terrorist attack; travelling by plane remains one of the safest forms of travel etc. The world we live in can be a very sad and scary place for any child, even more so for a child who is already vulnerable.</p> <p>Cathy x (<a href="http://www.cathyglass.co.uk/">www.cathyglass.co.uk</a>)</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-blog-tags--blog.html.twig * field--node--field-blog-tags.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--field-blog-tags.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/250" hreflang="en">news</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/280" hreflang="en">media</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1478" hreflang="en">events</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1479" hreflang="en">disasters</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/328" hreflang="en">Cathy Glass</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="flag.link_builder:build" arguments="0=node&amp;1=7443&amp;2=favourite_content" token="9SGzdmYAXuRkeMlpMZvuf-WiChn0IfRcAGxEEUgm0hk"></drupal-render-placeholder> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-comment--blog.html.twig * field--node--field-comment.html.twig * field--node--blog.html.twig * field--field-comment.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> <h2>Add new comment</h2> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderForm" arguments="0=node&amp;1=7443&amp;2=field_comment&amp;3=comment" token="VIAjnap4YDX_UeK1CaZf_WzMOyPxFxTbhhgJXAqOajQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:59:50 +0000 Cathy Glass 7443 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/blogs/cathy-glass/news#comments