We get asked quite often "what do you have to do to do foster parenting?" LOL. It's a legitimate question, but it would take days/weeks to explain all that we have to do. This post is a list of the physical preparations that we had to get ready for an unknown # of kids. (We're licensed for 6 kids, ages 0-12 at this time)
The other day, someone at work asked me how many kids I had. Here was my
response: "Today, we have 3, tomorrow we're supposed to have 6, last week we had 6, the week before that we were back down to 3, and the weekend before that we had 5." The look I got was a common one: a mix between electroshock therapy and the cat got their tongue....I soon followed up with "We're foster parents." The other question I often get is, "How old are your kids?" The answer ranges so much that it sounds like I'm calling out a bingo game. Here are some examples 2-3-4-6-6-8, or 2-3-4-4-6-6, or 2-3-4-5-6. People always seem to think I'm joking. Currently we have 6 kiddos, 3 of which we have had a year now. It's been an adventure learning to deal with the state and all the visits and all the rules and all the chaos...but it makes it worthwhile when we look at the kids and know that they are being loved, cared for, nurtured, supported, etc.... |
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