slightly OT but I'm a brownie leader. Last week we were visited by a fostered child who will start with us next week. She was removed from her home 2 years ago, cannot read and is prone to adult sexualised behaviour (aged 8!!). She is just adorable, and from what we can gather, saved from a life of depravity. Anyone who fosters is, in my opinion, truly truly admirable and if you can take a child like she was and turn her into the child she is today, even with her ongoing problems, into one who is secure and safe and, above all, has a future, then I say go for it. It'll be worth it.