All foster parents receive basic training and understand that abused children are different from other children. Nevertheless, as one foster mother put it, "Until you've actually been through it, you just can't imagine how tough it is."
雖然寄養父母都經過基本的訓練，明白受虐的孩子和一般的孩子不同，但正如一位寄養媽媽所言：「如不曾走過，就不知個中煎熬與滋味… …」，對多數寄養父母而言，這條路沒有想像中好走。