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The role of foster families is not to provide an alternative means of living for the children that they home, rather, our role is to stand in the gap. What do I mean by that? It’s simple: we are their surrogate family. We are not “instead of” the family that they came from, but rather we are simply there to provide these children with a sense of normalcy while their first family takes the time that they need to work through whatever situation led to the removal.