People need to realize that Miss A is a TEEN! She's a mature teen, yes, but a teen. We don't need to see her face and know her name. She didn't ask for any of this (being in foster care, being placed in a family with a channel). We can adore her and root for her family (Hey, Miss A and family! We're cheering you on SO HARD!) while WANTING her to be anonymous so that she is in control of her own narrative now and later on.

"Everyone CAN be a foster-parent, not everyone SHOULD be." 👏👏👏

What I’d really want if Miss A is up to it is like a 5-10 year life update when she’s grown....I think she’s going to make a big “splash” in the world whatever she chooses to do in her life, but I want that update whether she’s a celebrity hair stylist, amazing teacher/caregiver, mom, Senator or whatever it is she wants to be haha. ☺️💙

Consent with “kids” is everything, Mrs.A was deff old enough to consent no doubt, she’s so mature & became so well spoken in her time with you & grew so much 😭 Hopefully she’s reading the comments & she knows how much she’s supported & loved & how much we will miss her journey!

People are asking to see miss A's face? Rude! I'm super glad to see Miss A go home. Even though her fostering experience was extremely positive I don't think it's right to forever have her face/name connected with her foster experience on the internet. I encourage her to create an online persona completely separate from your channel. If a future employer/boss/teacher googles her they shouldn't be able to know she was in a foster home when she was 15. It should be something she has the choice to share, not information about her at your fingertips. I think you guys are handling the experience in a good manner. Please don't change that. :)

I'm here from the algorithm! The first video of yours I watched was the night I moved to a new state, totally on my own. I sat on the floor of my unfurnished apartment and watched the rest of your videos and have been here ever since! I've loved watching your videos as I went from totally alone to finding a community of my own. It's been so great to watch your family grow, with your joys and challenges and your huge heart for advocacy

Now that you’ve had a more longer term placement, can you talk about how you think you’ll navigate staying in touch? Will you be proactive in initiating communication? Or would you leave it up to the foster family/child to initiate communication? Is there any thing that would be crossing a line after reunification? Ex: sending gifts, in person visits, hiring Miss A as a babysitter for your date night.

I know you'll get people criticizing your choices no matter what you do. Your channel is super respectful of miss a and her family. I'm excited to see what is coming for your family.

Miss A will always have the vlogs to look back on and remember that during the most stressful event in her life, and the lives of her siblings, she was cared for by people that truly cared about her and her family. I’m really pulling for them, I can only imagine the relief mom & dad are experiencing having their family all back together. Those early days were undoubtedly the scariest, terrifying moments of their lives. Look how far they’ve all come! Whitney, John, an aspect of your channel that I deeply appreciated and respect, is that you always had good energy, and intentions towards Miss A’s family. Not one thing was ever defamatory, or even biased in one direction or another. That is something that I truly learned from you two. There was never any show boating, or attention seeking- “look how great we are”. Not all channels are capable of keeping things in perspective. I hope you, Darcy, John, and Sawyer are adjusting and enjoying some self care time, but I also hope you are preparing your minds and hearts for another child in need, because we all know that your family will all do their part to embrace them. I got ALL IN MY FEELS OVER HERE LOL 😂 Sorry if it was too sappy, I just truly love what you all are doing.

Whitney, I unfourtnately have an open case with CPS due to domestic violence all I do is educate my self daily and research the corruption of the broken system. The truth about DCFS, CPS AND ALL OF THE OTHER KNOWN AGENCIES needs to shared and educate the world of the corruption of legal kidnapping happening daily! I wish you would share some of those issues and be real that foster care isn't what your show looks like you and your beautiful family are amazing!! This is what foster parenting should be like You are all for REUNIFICATION and I love thst! You are so real and THE SYSTEM NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU and YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. Is your Agency truly a good one?

I am so glad to hear your agency was okay with the channel. This has really been an amazing resource. You and John have handled this very well and respectfully. I look forward to seeing your family grow.

I love how much you care for Miss A and any foster child in your family. It is honestly such a breath of fresh air

We need more foster family's.Your channel teaches us about fostering.The real truth of it.I love it!

"Everyone could be a foster parent not everyone should be a foster parent" Very very true! I've watched many of your videos and I think you do a terrific job. We've been foster parents for years and we love our private agency. Our agency has no problem with videos like yours at all, they too have minor stipulations. Most of the stipulations have to do with privacy, we don't personally do videos but we are so glad that you are sharing. Spreading the word about the need for foster parents is important, helping people know all that's involved with care is terrific.

When I was in foster care, I honestly wish I would’ve had a foster family like yours💙💙💙💙

This channel is long overdue. There is a crisis in our nation ( opioid) and huge need for good foster families. Thank you!

Happy that everything has worked out -regarding letting people know about the channel.

As a former dhs foster to adopt kid, I’m glad I found your channel. My fiancé and I have been talking about fostering soon in the future to help kids the way I was helped.

I don’t live in your state but have friends that do. They became first time foster parents in the second half of 2020 and are doing amazing. If it weren’t for your channel I really wouldn’t understand what they were going through and dealing with. Thank you for bringing awareness and such positivity to a sensitive situation!

I REALLY wish we had more foster parents like you at the agency I work for (transportation aide not worker lol). There are so many fosters that should NOT be fosters and are NOT in it for reunification. They give us attitude and cause issues every step of the way. It would be amazing if they could all be like you.

My 2yr old foster son goes to kindship tomorrow morning and although a good thing, our family is already feeling the loss. Foster care parenting is not for the for the faint of heart. Thanks for the videos whitney and John ♥️

I found you guys because I was looking for information on foster care, I think while we were in classes a year and a half ago. I have often admired how much you were able to keep private, while allowing us to get to know you guys. I've loved following your journey, there aren't a ton of channels that talk about foster care.

Beautiful! I respect every word you shared and am so grateful you’ve chosen to share your experiences with the foster system with us. God Bless!

So glad it’s okay with your agency. You have such a special message you share!

U 2 have been doing a wonderful job. Just keep doing what you’ve been doing & everything will be fine.

I loved the episode where Miss A got a new dress and she was showing it the camera. She looked so beautiful and you could tell she felt beautiful. She seemed to be a very sweet girl and I wish her and her family good luck going forward. God bless your family and hers.

I love you and your family so so much excited for all the foster parent diaries!

I love your channel so much. You guys are really great about sharing all the stuff that really matters.

I'm so glad you told the agency and her parents. I think that was the right decision. You've definitely proven your doing it for the right reasons. I can understand people being skeptical at first. There has been a lot of kids being exploited over the years for money on KZfaq.

Your foster daughter is a amazing person to talk too she is really amazing , she always makes me laugh on Instagram

Being a forester parent is a wonderful way to help families when they need it. I now am 62 and blind so I cant do it anymore god bless you

Love your videos. We have three little bonus kiddos. It’s sooooo nice to see y’all video your lives, it helps me feel not alone on this journey.

We found your channel a couple videos before Miss A going into your home and really like how informative and positive you guys are. Love watching and learning about something that might be in our future from a family like yours ❤️

While I can't pinpoint the exact moment I joined the village, I am fairly certain yall only had 3 or 4 videos at the time. I was also in Hawaii when you had your first live stream, so it is a memory that will stick with me. I am so glad you have the pressure off your shoulders now. I've said it before but am so grateful to be here, a part of this community and I look forward to watching your journey as you move forward as foster parents to kids and teens in need.

I really appreciate how great you are with keeping you're foster kids privacy. And also all the kids feelings on the videos posted. Thier are so many youtubers that seem like they are using thier kids and making them perform. Good job!

Thank you for all the work you put into this channel. It is so informative about what goes into foster care, the challenges and the high points. I think you share enough of the child background to keep it personable while still maintaining their anonymity and respect of their privacy. It can't be easy running youtube channels, working, maintaining lifestyles while raising your own and bonus children but please know you have done so much in the way of growing the foster community and helping people of finding ways to help foster kids. You guys are amazing little humans with such kind hearts and a drive to help others. To Miss A, I am so happy you have been able to reunite with your family, I wish you all the very best and hope you all had a fantastic time celebrating the holidays together. You are an amazing young woman and the world is your oyster.

So sad to see Miss A leave your family but super happy she's home with her family now. 💕

When you ran it back for those in the back🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I start watching right before Miss A came into your home. I've learned so much! Thank you

Thank you for all you have done for foster kids! My son and family fostered for several years and through that I gained twin granddaughter’s. I also have several other kids etched in my heart from the foster journey. You are amazing! Even through the hard and difficult days you continue to provide a home and love! It has been interesting to watch the foster kids as they have become adults come back to my son And DIL to spend time with them and bring their children as well! Anyway...May the Lord give you strength and fill your hearts with an overflowing love ❤️

I think I had listened to all your videos while in research. And then when Miss A came and the videos were in my recommended, I decided to subscribe. It tends to take me forever of having a channel come up again and again before I subscribe, but this time I needed to stay up to date so I subbed

I am so happy for your family and Miss A and her family

you are amazing and have made me want to foster.. Keep up the great work!!!

I have been here since your very first video which was ‘why we decided to foster’. I’m only 19 but I have always been interested in foster care and adoption. It’s amazing to see how far you’ve come just 2 years! Love from Australia xx

Been here since Whitney was pregnant with Sawyer.... I have learned SO much from ya'll. Before visiting your channel, I knew little about how the goal of fostering is reunification, when possible. You've helped me gain empathy for parents whose kids are placed in the system. I admire you both so much, and I just love your little family. ❤

I'm glad that this went over smoothly for you. I have seen other examples from foster parents in other circumstances that were only allowed private social media pages and got their sharing brought up in court every time. There were also other factors and they were in a different system, but I was still a little concerned this might get used against you because, as you said, some people associate family channels with exploitation or bad parenting. Again, I'm happy for you and hope you have a great day!

I'm planning on fostering in the near future, and I have a child at home still, too, so i love seeing these videos with you balancing your own children and your foster children.

I’ve been here since Miss I. Love this channel so much. As someone from a difficult home situation, I’m also blind and I would love to be a foster parent someday.

I love the way you all love Miss A and her family. What an incredibly special bond. I firmly believe people are put in our lives for a reason. Do you know if Miss A will start a channel of her own? If she does would you asking her if she minds us that want to follow her can?

I am a foster parent... our first male 14yr child was rebellious ...it has been hard but he is getting better. It takes a patience person to deal with these kids.

Thank you so much for this content!

Miss A ❤️ miss her so much I hope everything is going good for her

Whitney’s honesty is everything tho! 💯

Some people are so overly critical. If this isn't the channel for you that's fine but this family literally have mandated reporters in and out all the time. If they were doing ANYTHING even a tiny bit wrong they'd be picked up on it instantly. They've gone about this is the most respectful, confidential, and informative way possible. It's a major bank of knowledge to people in the situation but also a great advocacy tool for those that may have no interactions with the foster community.

Been with y’all since you got the call about your first foster daughter! I remember the video with Darcy’s sunglasses upside down 😂

Congratulations! I'm sure it feels great to move into the next stage with the support of your agency, and to know what the parameters are!

I really have big respect for you two. I have commented before about my false removal of my children and how they were placed with an addict/convicted felon. The false removal was hard enough. On everyone. But the placement was insane. They revoked his license and reinstated it a week later. Both children severely abused physically and emotionally and my daughter sexually abused. Social workers knew about it all and tried to sweep it under the rug with adoption. They fudged assessments and removed my children from counseling once my then 4 year old daughter suggested sexual abuse. I hired a lawyer and sued everyone after I beat TPR and won my suit. I feel that you having this channel draws in better potential foster parents. Although CPS is corrupt everywhere, we still need amazing foster parents to help soften the blow. We NEED people like you to help out. I appreciate you two but will never trust the system. One big money making scheme, legal kidnapping ring. Thank you for your genuine love and care and spreading the word on good foster parents.

So glad you have that weight off your shoulder! In other news, we just began the application process for a private agency to become licensed foster parents. We will likely start with respite care because the ultimate goal is to adopt a teen for whom reunification is not possible, but who knows. We’ve got time to figure it out. Your channel has been such a huge help and I’m so thankful that I found y’all and that y’all share so much of your lives with us!

I am from Australia and work at a agency in Out of home care (kinship) but also have done some assistance in foster care through after hours on call. I also would like to foster in the future I love seeing what fostering is like from a carers perspective especially in a different country :)

Great explanations - its great people want to be supportive and understand why these kids are with you or why they do what they do but they get kinda snippy when you deny the request or in some cases expectation. I get this alot with ours. My life is logistics and paperwork lol. some days i wonder why i have a house - it would be easier to live in an rv - I'd at least get things done while waiting lol. We have an outside agency too -here it is contracted out to many different agencies who specialize in different needs. The government just doesnt have the manpower to do it all.

I love following you guys! You have such a sweet family and I feel like I have learned so much.

I have so much respect for you and John and the reason you foster and the way you foster. Let me explain that statement. I know a couple thst started fostering because they were unable to have children of tgeir own and hoped to adopt one day. However after their first foster placement and they started getting the monthly reimbursement checks for the child they decided to take in more foster children to increase their monthly income. They eventually ended up with at one time 6 I believe long term placements and I will just say that it was not a good situation in my or other people's opinions. The children all grew up with multiple issues that we all believe we compounded by emotional neglect on their foster parents part. Money should never be a motivation to help a child....truly sad.

I have been here from beginning and I plan on staying! I know you do what you do what you do for the love of kids! And you truly love them and it is not for the money. Too many are! You go T it right and carding and loving people! Good talk! I do not think I would share who Miss A is even when she is older she has younger siblings longs to think of. I have watched other families with foster kids but they adopted the kids but did not show faces either blurred or now can have them wear a mask. One family started showing the teens faces but the case manager said it was ok plus going to court next month for adoption. They knew since they got them they were going to adopt them. They changed their names, so not to have everyone know the real ones. The ones they are using now as first names will be their new names. But that was the kids choice.

The first comment I made on your channel was complimenting you on how well you balance having a family and children centric channel without making your content focused on your kids (including fosters). I really think your agency needs to use this video to teach consent when it comes to children in foster care or even children in general. People feel such an "ownership" over children when really we're more steward. My daughter is my step turned adopted and I never felt like she was "mine" and I could just make decisions without considering her. Not that we, her parents, didn't make any decisions for her but I just feel like you can tell the parents that don't really think about what their kids think or feel. Anyway that was just a long way to say, your family is awesome and you make your piece of the universe better!

Me too!❤️

Thank you Whitney!

So happy for you allthats everything is now in the open and everything is recieved so well at all sides. any collabs with the private agency in the future? for instance a interview how they as an organisation try to get foster parents and how they try to find the best match for the fosterchildren etc?

would love to know more about researching agencies and how to choose. We are starting to look in the Chicago area and don't know how to pick.

You guys are so lovely and caring. When are going to foster another child are you still waiting

I’m a year deep into being a foster parent and it’s very hard, on the kid and on me. I definitely think if you’re single, you really should put a lot of thought into if you can handle it. In my situation it wasn’t really a choice. It started as a kinship situation so there was no warning or planning. I’m not sure if id be able to do this outside of family being single and working full time. I agree not everyone should do it.

Wow you guys have grown my oh my awsome

You should make a podcast!

I'm so angry at my niece who has seven children and ALL of them are in foster care. She refuses to do anything to get them back! She just even had a newborn baby that she couldn't take home after giving birth. Unfortunately, I couldn't take them because we live in different cities.

I’ve been here since the beginning 🙋🏻‍♀️

❤️

I have a random question, and I'm sure it varies by area, but if a foster child comes to you with a really specific diet, like gluten free, vegan, deadly allergies, etc. do the agencies offer any support in accommodating those diets?

What's the number one thing you feel is important to do when dealing with the biological parents of your foster kids when there in your home?

Do you plan on telling your next foster child's family about your channel right away or will you wait until it comes up like you did with Miss A?

Hold up! Whitney?? Your name is Whitney!? How have i been watching since before miss A and not know till now

Is your private agency only in the other county?

With any new placements will their families be aware of the channel from the start? Ie...like if they don't want the child on camera at all.

Who disliked the video? And why did they dislike it?

I was a foster kid

Are you open to having LGBT teens?

So, random question, will your next foster child be Miss or Mister B?

You all took exceptional care of Miss A, so this is no intended criticism. I'm just genuinely surprised no one had to consent to her being in your videos with her being under 18. I assumed the agency knew from the beginning and her parents as well. But, it sounds like it wasn't an issue with anyone - so that is good.

Hi how are you

Have you ever thought about adopting?

Hi Whitney! So I live in the same school district as you and I was wondering if your agency has signs around town with their name and number? I saw one by the high school and didn’t know if it’s the one you’re with. My husband and I have been considering fostering and as we do our research I want to include your agency. I’m being vague because I’m not sure if they want to be named on YT. 😊

Do you plan on sticking with "Miss A" as the code name given to your female foster children in the future. I was thinking you might change it to "Miss B" and so on so we can know who exactly you are talking about. If you have several Miss A's it will be more difficult to know which Miss A you are talking about if you are trying to give us an update on a previous foster placement. I am really excited to see your journey going forward and learn a little bit about the children you help and what it is like to be a foster parent. I am really considering becoming a single foster parent when I move out of my parents house. I live in the Indianapolis area.

would you ever not support reunification? I am sure you can think of certain situations in which that would not be the best option. Sadly...

You should watch the video Dhar Mann put out today (1-12-21), with a title that starts, "Evil Foster Mother..." Watch all the way until he puts up the moral of the story at the end. After that is just all the "like and subscribe," and credits stuff. Caution: may make blood boil.

I don't need to now her face or name she should remain anonymous if she would like

Hello ❤️

First like !!