This Foster Mom Went Viral After Showing TikTok The Care Packages She Makes For The Kids In Her Care
Birmingham, Alabama. 35-year-old Brittany Burcham spends her free time being a foster mom to girls in need. Brittany specifically takes in teenage girls who need somewhere to stay in an emergency because they are in protective custody.
Protective custody happens when authorities consider a child to be in a dangerous situation or one that could impact their health and wellness.
Usually, it’s a social worker or a police officer that initially puts a child into protective custody, and if a relative of that child can’t be found to take them, the child is taken to a foster home.
That’s where people like Brittany come in.
TikTok; pictured above is Brittany in one of her videos
Before a girl arrives at Brittany’s house, she has had to rush to get her things together in a matter of minutes and then has to shove her belongings into a trash bag.
“They carry their things around like trash,” Brittany said in one of her videos, and that’s exactly what these poor girls show up to her house with; a trashbag of their things.
TikTok; pictured above is a screenshot of one of the trashbags Brittany says girls carry their things in
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Brittany fixes that right away and gets each girl a duffle bag to keep and put their things inside of.
But that’s not the reason Brittany is going viral; she’s going viral for the emergency placement baskets she puts together for the children in her care.
TikTok; pictured above is a screenshot of the emergency placement baskets Brittany makes
Brittany makes each girl she welcomes into her home an emergency placement basket, and inside of the baskets she makes, she includes a bunch of useful things.
Lotion, a bar of soap, a toothbrush, a hairbrush, fuzzy socks, a journal and pen, and a cozy blanket are just some of the items Brittany puts in each basket.
When the girl leaves Brittany’s house, she can keep everything in her basket and take it with her.
The video that Brittany shared of her creating one of the baskets received over 216,000 views.
Brittany also keeps on hand in her home bonnets, silk pillowcases, and other products her girls might need but might not have with them.
Other than providing them little comforts at her home, Brittany makes sure that she spends time with each girl making them feel safe.
She provides them with emotional support and also takes them out to a Shake Shack that’s not far from her house.
It’s a neutral environment where she can have casual chats with them and make them feel more secure and welcome.
You can follow Brittany on TikTok here where she has a bunch of interesting and heartwarming videos about being a foster parent.
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