Foster child phone accessibility & use - Adoption.com Forums

I don't have any foster children yet, and have had only respite. The last 3 children that we did respite for were very surprised that my son who is 11 has free access to the phone, and uses it at will. He calls his friends from school mainly. I was given an impression that the foster kids, not even the 10 yr old who is in the same grade as my son, are not allowed to call friends and such.

What is the norm in these situations? Is it that there are fears of foster kids contacting bios that would cause them to be restricted from using phones at all? Please give me insights before we have kiddos of our own in the home.

Source: http://forums.adoption.com/foster-parent-support/409383-foster-child-phone-accessibility-use.html

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