Episode 57: Confidentiality in Foster Care: Why It Matters
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Anna Kathryn Ellzey knew that as a foster parent she could not share pictures, names or details of the child in her care. But that didn’t stop her from sharing a photo of him and her biological daughter as they sat together—a cute picture of only their legs. She simply wanted to share her joy at having him be part of their family. But she realized that on the other side of their happiness was his birth family’s pain and heartbreak. That’s when she realized that confidentiality was about more than keeping a child’s face hidden: It was about protecting and nurturing his and his birth family’s heart and story.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:09.9 | I remember putting up a profile picture one time of their legs, just their legs together. |
| 0:15.3 | Profile pictures, I don't know, maybe I didn't know at the time, but can't be made private. |
| 0:19.8 | I wouldn't have made a private anyway because it was adorable. |
| 0:23.1 | Meanwhile, you know, he's got this mom who is on Facebook and sees it. |
| 0:30.2 | He's got a whole family. |
| 0:31.6 | Do I want my kids' pictures out there? |
| 0:33.5 | You know, do I want some stranger sharing pictures of my kids with, who knows, hundreds, thousands of people? |
| 0:41.3 | No, I don't. |
| 0:50.6 | Hey, it's Jamie Cave. |
| 0:52.1 | Hello, and welcome to the Forgotten Podcast. Today we are going to talk confidentiality in foster care, why it's important and how you can navigate this in a healthy way. My guest, Anna Catherine, is a wife and mom of two, one who was adopted through foster care, and they are expecting their third child |
| 1:12.8 | in 2019. She learned firsthand the importance of confidentiality in foster care, which she first |
| 1:20.2 | shared about on her blog at Everydaymerciesjournal.com. I am so happy to have her on the show today to share with you. You can link directly |
| 1:30.5 | to her blog post and find more information about the show on our show notes at the forgotten |
| 1:36.9 | initiative.org slash S5E7. That's for season 5 episode. And now, let's go to the show. |
| 1:52.7 | Well, Anna Catherine, I am really glad you're here, not only to share about your experience |
| 1:57.8 | and what you've learned about confidentiality and foster care, but also you're |
| 2:01.9 | going to leave us with some tips and encouragement on how we can navigate foster care and |
| 2:05.6 | confidentiality successfully. So I'm going to start right in with my first question, and that is |
| 2:11.3 | just tell us how you learned this lesson of why confidentiality is important. Yeah, so I didn't always feel this way. |
| 2:19.8 | Really, I have a daughter, and when she was two, we got our foster son. |
| 2:25.7 | We had been involved in respite care, and I grew up in a group home with my parents as |
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