Life in Limbo uses role play to give participants a unique insight into what it is like to be a child in foster care, a birth parent or a foster or kinship carer. These interactive workshops run by Fostering Great Ideas aim to educate participants on the realities of foster care and child protection, building empathy and providing skills for advocacy. Activities include those taking the role of the ‘parent’ building a House of Cards, representing the attempt to develop a stable home, or those acting as the ‘children’ being blindfolded and siblings split up, or ‘parents’ attempting to keep a feather in the air, representing their child. Life in Limbo has run workshops and training sessions in 15 US states as well as in Guatamala, Mexico and Peru for a range of individuals; from educators, child welfare professionals, current and prospective foster carers and members of the general public who want to learn more about foster care.