The role of a foster carer can be both extremely rewarding and at the same time emotionally strenuous. Being a male foster carer has,arguably, even more challenges – there are those who wonder why any man would want to work with children, those who don’t understand what a wonderful role model a male foster carer can be and those who find it difficult to believe that men really can be in touch with their own emotions, let alone be capable of helping a child to deal with theirs.

I am extremely proud of being a foster carer and knowing that I have been a positive male role model for the children I have cared for, maybe the first they had ever known.

(taken from "Men are good foster carers too")