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    West London foster carer who looked after 14 children has 'no regrets' and would do it again

    by Adrian Zorzut Apr 16, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Facundo Arrizabalaga

    Sharon Telfer, 56, isn’t your regular mum. This gregarious West Londoner has fostered 14 children and, if given the chance, she said she would do it all over again.

    Sharon lives in a busy three bedroom flat in Earl’s Court with a 15-year-old foster child, three pet dogs (two Jack Russells and a German Shepherd cross Malamute and Husky), a pack of sugar gliders and a Bearded Dragon.

    When she’s not doting over her 17-year-old Jack Russell Milo or is busy on work calls, she’s thinking about her

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