'He's a biter': why was my foster son reduced to a cruel label? | Krish Kandiah

Labels tend to endure – and it’s not only children who are being categorised in the foster care system

Do you have space for a three-year-old? Parents have gone awol. We don’t know much about him, but apparently he’s a biter. Are you OK with that?

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A child has to be more than the worst thing they have ever done or the worst thing that has been done to them.

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