Foster Care

[seductive_tee]

If Dept of Child Services came to you and asked you to become a foster parent, explaining you would be giving a bigger home and extra finances to provide for the child(ren), would you consider doing it?

If so, what ages would you like to have? Boy or girl?

Would you consider taking a child with a handicapp, learning disability or with behavior problems?

[nubianx2]

As much as I know there are children out there that are in dire need of a home, I know I don't have the patience to be a foster parent. 90% of the children have either mental or phyical disabilities and no amount of money can give you the patience that you don't naturally have.

My aunt has been a foster parent for years and even adopted 4 children, and I definitely commend her. But I've also seen first hand how trying being a foster parent can be.

[KissableSexyShortStuff]

I couldn't do it..... At my job I hear the stories a failed foster homes.... What the children did because they were in foster home..... and what the foster parents have done to the child.....

[lovely]

i will eventually when the time is right, become a foster parent. i worked with foster parents at my last job. i've seen the type of kids that come in to the programs. i've also seen the type of parents that become FP.

it disturbs me when a FP is in it for the money. one family i worked with had four foster kids that were siblings...there foster family recieved over four thousand dollars a month to take care of these kids. the kids looked like trash...the FPs did not...neither did thier bio. kids. when i mentioned it to thier social worker...the social worker said it was nothing they could do...no one else would take four kids under one roof. that ticked me off.

i know the things that these kids go through. they dont typically become bad kids...just because. but because thier parents made them that way.

i know that thier are successful foster parenting stories. stories where these kids are taken into a loving foster home and become wonderful, productive citizens. thats what ima do :beer

[MsMeelah]

Yes indeed!! it would be fufilling to be able to take a child out of a bad situation and provide him with a good stable home. I always said I wanted to do that. Right now, I don't think I have what it takes but God is working on me. I would definitely consider a child with a handicap, I would probably want a boy especially if I am married to someone who could be a good role model. But sex really does not matter to me.

[zuriyahe]

One day I would like to become a foster parent. I know that I give off good likeable vibes that seem to draw people to me. I have the patience already. I could proably use some more structure in my life...which would, of course, be helpfull to the kids. But no doubt about it, I would be a great parent...but I would like the kid to be young...like less than 5 years old. The younger the better...gotta still be able to "program" the lil devil....

[Brightness]

I wouldn't be able to do it.

[creativegirl]

I wouldn't be able to do it right now. I don't have the time to truly devote to a child with those types of needs at this moment. Children in foster care need a lot of love and attention, the love I can give but my time is limited. Hopefully one day in the future I pray that I will be able to do this.

[mystkev]

No I would not do it.

[HulaSista]

this is a dream of mine. yes i would do it :D

[shtalker]

Yes, I would. A boy(infant).
I can not seem to have one of my own so I would love to even if they had problems. My ultimate goal is to adopt him.

[Sparkles]

I never even thought about that. However, i feel like a foster parent now, or atleast and extended parent to alot of kids, the only difference is I don't get paid, I just do what needs to be done in the best interest of the child...

Not sure if I could handle be attached to these kid's then having to let them leave.........

[Juicey1]

Right now I know I wouldn't be able to do it. Only if it was a relative and the kid had nowhere else to go. Maybe as I get older, maybe I would consider becoming a Foster Parent. I just can't see doing it right now. There are too many things I want to do. I want to be able to travel whenever I want to without having to take kids with me or find a place for them to be cared for.

[HulaSista]

i have 2 cousins in foster care. when i was dating the man i was suppose to marry (years ago) i asked him (since we were tight like that and he knew my dreams and we were SPOSE to get married) if we could adopt. he told me no. my heart was TORN.