{"id":8800,"date":"2020-09-14T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrensbureau.org\/?p=8800"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:06:23","slug":"kris-corner-foster-care-isnt-what-you-think-it-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/rw\/resources\/news-library\/kris-corner-foster-care-isnt-what-you-think-it-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris &#039;Corner - Kurera abana ntabwo aribyo utekereza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\">Muri iki cyumweru rero nagiye mvuga ibijyanye nibyo twatekerezaga ko kurera byaba bimeze nkibyo byarangije kutubera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Ibi biragaragara ko bitandukanye cyane kuri buri muntu, ariko hano hari bike mubitekerezo byanjye no gutombora.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Imyaka itandatu irashize icyumweru gishize, umwana muto, muto, neza-munsi-yo-gukura-imbonerahamwe, umwana wumuhungu wangiritse mubuvuzi yaje kubana natwe. Kandi ntabwo yigeze agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Ibi biracyari igitangaza kuri njye, kuko ntabwo twinjiye kurera tugamije kurera. Ntabwo nifuzaga ko bibaho (kuko nabyifuzaga), ariko ntabwo nagiye murugendo hamwe n &quot;&quot; intego &quot;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Ariko, nari nzi muminsi mike (cyangwa wenda amasaha make, niba mvugishije ukuri rwose) ko ntigeze nshaka ko aba ahandi. Ntabwo nigeze mvuga muri kiriya cyemezo amezi, kugeza TPR yari ikomeye kandi DCS yatubajije niba twiteguye kumurera. Igisubizo, birumvikana ko cyari &quot;yego&quot;!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Nyamuneka ntukumve ibyo ntavuze: nta kuntu nshaka kuvuga ko gukura umuryango binyuze mu kurera ari intego iteye ubwoba yo kugira\u2026 kuko sibyo rwose! Imiryango myinshi yinjira muburere nk&#039;inzira yo kuzamura imiryango yabo\u2026 kandi nikintu cyiza kandi gitangaje, kuko hariho abana benshi kwisi bacu bakeneye (kandi bakwiriye) urugo rutekanye kandi rwuje urukundo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Ariko nzi ko abantu bose bafite umugambi wo guteza imbere umuryango babikesheje kurera barangiza bakabasha kurera. Kandi nubwo ntabyumva neza, nzi ko arukuri. Naragenze iruhande ndabyibonera ubwanjye hamwe nabamwe mubagenzi ba mama barera. Biragoye kubireba, ariko biragaragara ko bigoye kubyibonera. Ntabwo mfite amagambo yo gushira kubyo aribyo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Ikindi cyifuzo twari dufite (cyangwa byibuze nagize\u2026 Sinzi ko umugabo wanjye yigeze yumva ko aribyo) ni uko twagira &quot;umuryango uzunguruka&quot; kandi ko abana baza bakagenda nkuko byari bikenewe kandi ko tuzakomeza kugira aho dushyira.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Ibyo nari niteze byashyizwe mu bikorwa nyuma yo kurera umuhungu wacu; Nari nizeye ko tuzashobora gusubira inyuma tukongera kuba &quot;ababyeyi barera igihe cyose&quot;. Twateganije kuruhuka gato (nkuko ingo nyinshi zibikora nyuma yo kurerwa) hanyuma tukaruhuka akanya gato\u2026 ariko rero amaherezo twaba twiteguye gusubira inyuma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Ariko bitandukanye nibyo twari twiteze gukora, ntabwo byabaye. Ntunyumve nabi\u2026 twagerageje nyuma yumwaka umwe arerwa. Twari dufite imigeri myinshi-inyuma, byoroshye-peasy-amezi 8 y&#039;amavuko yashyizwe hamwe. Yamaze ukwezi. Kubera iki? Kubera ko umuhungu wacu atashoboraga kubyitwaramo. Ntabwo ari muburyo bwangiritse, ahubwo muri &quot;Mama, ndagukeneye\u2026 Nkeneye ko ubyitaho rwose, kuko ndacyafite ibibazo byinshi nkeneye gukemura.&quot; Twahagaritse rero gushyira ahashyirwa (kandi yego, guhungabana bibaho\u2026 byinshi kubijyanye nibyo nyuma).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Uzajya rero kurera hamwe n&#039;ibiteganijwe. Umuntu wese arabikora. Nigute utabikora, kuko nkibintu byose byabayeho mubuzima, utekereza ko uzi uko bizagenda. Wasomye ibitabo, sibyo? Birashobora kuba bigoye bite? Ariko niba turi inyangamugayo ubwacu, ibintu ntibikunze kugenda nkuko byari byitezwe, none kuki kurera abana byaba bitandukanye? Ntabwo bizashoboka. Ndakeka rero ko ibyo mvuga aribyo: ntutegereze uko ibintu bizagenda. Cyangwa byibuze, GERAGEZA kutagira ibyo witeze. Ibiteganijwe ntabwo ari bibi, ariko William Shakespeare yavuze neza, ati: &quot;Ibiteganijwe ni intandaro yo kubabaza umutima.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Mubyukuri,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Kris<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I have been ruminating this week about what we thought foster care would be like versus what it has ended up being for us. This will obviously be very different for every single person, but here are just a few of my thoughts and ramblings. 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