Should we expand our family by adoption? What is Foster Parenting?
soofi asked:
I am 54 and my wife is 43. We are married for 8 yrs and we have no child of our own. All the medical tests are normal in both of us. I myself is a doctor, a family physician. Need help from you to decide whether we should adopt a child now or not. If we have to go for it what should be the approximate age of child. Some of my friends suggested me to go for foster parenting but i dont know what am i supposed to do in foster parenting.
Christina Wendel
I am 54 and my wife is 43. We are married for 8 yrs and we have no child of our own. All the medical tests are normal in both of us. I myself is a doctor, a family physician. Need help from you to decide whether we should adopt a child now or not. If we have to go for it what should be the approximate age of child. Some of my friends suggested me to go for foster parenting but i dont know what am i supposed to do in foster parenting.
Christina Wendel
January 28th, 2009 at 7:42 am
I thought India was a poor country. And you want to adopt?
January 30th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Foster care is a system by which adults care for minor children who are not able to live with their parents. In the United States, many states have provisions for voluntary or involuntary foster care. Voluntary foster care may be in circumstances where a parent is unable or unwilling to care for a child. For instance, a child may have behavioral problems requiring specialized treatment or the parent might have a problem which results in a temporary or permanent inability to care for the child(ren). Involuntary foster care may be implemented when a child is removed from the normal caregiver for his/her own safety.
Requirements to be a foster parent vary by jurisdiction, as do monetary reimbursement and other benefits which they receive. In some states, foster parents may be single or a couple, younger or older adults, with or without biological children in their home. Often, “empty nesters” whose children have grown up and left the home may choose to take in foster children.
Foster care is intended to be a temporary living situation for children. The goal of foster care is to reunify with their parent or guardian or find another suitable permanent living arrangement. This may include an adoptive home, guardianship, or placement with a relative. At times, the bond that develops during foster care will lead to the foster parents adopting the child. In some instances, children may be placed in a long-term foster placement. For older adolescents, a foster care program may offer education and resources to prepare for a transition to independent living.
January 31st, 2009 at 12:56 am
Foster parenting is distance parenting, it is not the same as raising a child by your own.
If you adopt a child the best is to adopt one as young as possible. Especially during the period from 6 months to 3 years is important for babies as during this period they get attached to their parents.
February 1st, 2009 at 7:40 am
If you two agree i would adopt, this will be permanent, fostering is temporary….
February 1st, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I think it’s up to the both of you. I think you both need to sit and talk to someone. I was in a foster home and about 3 different once but You need to think about it. Be sure you know what you want. Because there are a lot of kids out the who need a home and would love to be somewhere were the people would love them and show that they care. Adopt is more perm.and foster is not but they can sometime be just as long. Sence your both older I think you might wanna foster. But you think about and make sure you think about everything. God Bless