Has anyone fostered to adopt?

Question

I am thinking of doing this. What was your experiences?

Answer 1

well, i kinda think of adopting a child. Do you know someone? The one really abandoned by the parents.

Answer 2

Hey I don't have experienc in adopting but I'm a kid who has been adopted. One thing to tell sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad. Depending on the kid that you are taking care of some are nice and alot are mean, I'm telling you that you should get babies not older kids because the older they are the harder they are to take care of.

Answer 3

My husband and I did it 5 times over and if we weren't getiing to old we would do it five times again. We adopted all five of our foster children and have not lived to regret a single moment. I think if you have a really good support group and are lucky enough to have wonderful social workers and family and friends you'll experience love for a life time like we are. Our kids all know they are adopted and talk openly about it with us, each other , family and friends.

Answer 4

i never wanted childeren. my sister had two and left my mother to raise them.then when she died 15yrs ago i took over taking care of them. they say you can't love them like your own but it's a lie. i would walk though the fires in the lowest regions of h**l for them even now that they have families of their own. if i had to do it over agian i would make the same choice. by the way i never had any children of my own,i didn't feel i needed to.

Answer 5

I don't recommend it, I'll tell you why.

My  parents  took in a foster child when he was three days old.  He was a part of our family for over three years.  My parents fully planned on adopting him.  He was a part of our family, and my parents were the only parents he ever knew.

At three years old, the state took him back and placed him with a family that they said was more suited to his needs.  (He is half black and half white.)

This was very traumatic for the whole family.  It was like we had a death in the family.

Good news!  My sister and I spent years trying to locate our little brother.  After 24 years we found him!  Much to our surprise, he remembered our family.  The reunion between him and my aged mother was very emotional!  

Don't take it for granted that just because you foster a child, the state will allow you to adopt that child.