Case Study

Anneka is nine years old and lives in foster care.  She wants to go shopping in the town centre by herself, getting a bus from outside her foster parents’ house.  She is really cross that she is not allowed to go.

• How will you explain to Anneka why her foster parents have not allowed her to do what she wants?

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