Everyone Must Keep The Secret

Even foster parents and social workers are gagged when it comes to discussing what goes on behind the iron curtain of child welfare.


Shhhhh....it's a secret.

Addressing the issue

I have had several comments and more than a few emails lately about going back to writing my foster care/social worker posts. I'm going to address this one time right now and then I will not be answering the question again because of the cease and desist order that is still in effect.
At this time I cannot write any posts that deal with foster care and/or social work. I cannot reference children that we cared for or clients that I dealt with. Period. If I choose to ignore the cease and desist order, either directly or indirectly, I can be held in contempt of court. I can be charged with a crime, I can be prohibited from ever working in social work again. I can be sued by the families of former foster children and former clients with whom I worked. I could even possibly face jail time if the judge is having a particularly bad day.
It's not by my choice. A judge issued the cease and desist order and until that order is rescinded, my hands are legally tied. I do not know when or even if I will ever be able to go back to writing about foster care. Maybe never. So for now and for the foreseeablefuture, this is a family blog about my family and my kids. If you were only here for the foster care/adoption/social work posts then I'm really sorry.
It is what it is.