The following ad is said to have appeared in a 1914 London newspaper:
"28 Men Wanted for a Hazardous Journey. Low Wages. Return in Doubt"
The ad was placed by Ernest Shackleton to recruit for his epic journey to cross Antarctica. He received over 5000 responses.
I was struck with the similarity between his request for a near-impossible task and the recruitment of foster parents. We are asked to take a difficult job with minimal "pay" and marginal chance of "success." Yet many of us apply. Perhaps we should recruit foster parents with this blunt honesty. I think there are many of us willing to take the abused and homeless child, the one nobody else wants or can care for properly.