This summer, my wife and I completed the foster parent training course in our county. I’m not sure we will foster at this time, but it’s on our radar. Regardless, I went through a little dip in my psyche after six Saturdays of being triggered 4 hours straight and not screaming.
Depressing would hardly define my feeling as I watched the faces of every prospective foster parent in that class admit they have never heard of the ACES study on the last day of the course – even after the facilitator specifically instructed the class to view a video about the ACES study. “How many have heard of the ACES study?” Chirp. Chirp. Un-freaking-believable. {Here’s a nice Ted Talk so you have a clue about why the ACES study is so profound and why I probably won’t see my 75th birthday.}