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Being a Foster Parent
Being a foster parent can be a rewarding experience for both you and the child placed with you. The children will benefit from the safety you provide, love, caring and good role modeling. While you will feel the joy of watching these kids grow, be happy, mature and change and develop positive self-esteem. |
Before deciding that being a foster parent is what you really want to do, you will want to ask yourself some questions.
Why Choose to Foster?
Are you loving and compassionate? Many of the children placed in foster care are victims of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. They will require special attention and care.
Are you ready to welcome another’s child into your home? Some people find it difficult to connect with a child with whom they are not blood related. Will you be able to overlook that?
As with any child you will need to have patience and understanding towards the child and provide them with support and guidance along the way.
Will you be able to love these children unconditionally? Some children are from families unable to care for them for a variety of reasons, drug abuse, poor, neglect, etc. These children may have separation issues and require additional special attention and care.
How many children will you be able to take into your home? Do you want babies, preschool children, teens, sibling groups, boys, girls? Does race matter? Will you accept special needs children?
Are you a stay at home mom/dad, or do you work elsewhere? Depending on the number of children you have in your care will depend on your increased workload at home. Extra laundry, housework, driving them to visits, recreation, doing school work with them.
Don’t get me wrong, I am sure you may be able to work outside the home as well, it is just something I could not do. I like to be able to give them as much of my attention as possible.
No matter what the situation, all the children placed in foster care need a family that is willing to help them work through their individual issues and accept them as human beings.
Being a foster parent can be extremely rewarding. Children that are in foster homes and receive the proper care required can grow to be loving caring adults. You will reap the rewards by seeing these individuals learn to live in a family situation that loves and cherishes them. All children need love and understanding to grow.
Yes, fostering is a 24/7 job that has it's ups and downs, but with the proper support offered by local social service agencies and a loving, caring environment it can be very rewarding.
Check with your local social service agency to find out the requirements in your state and consider giving these children the loving home that they deserve.
If you are looking to adopt and are seeking a less expensive root, you may want to consider this option. We did!
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