My husband and I are considering being foster parents?

Question

I think I would want to do it only one time - do they pressure you to keep doing it once you start?

Answer 1

you should not allow anyone to pressure you ..let the love and motivation that sparked this interest of wanting to foster children be your guide

Answer 2

Amen to the sensible answer about fostering - if you are not in it for the love of doing it and the needs of the kids you are fostering - then forget it. Many of the kids who are in need of fostering are so screwed up because of what other adults have done to them, their  parents do not deserve the titles of mum and dad.

Depending on which country you are talking about - I do not think that they would pressure anyone to foster if you did not like the experience first off

Fostering can be a rewarding experience and it can also be very much the opposite depending on the authority in charge of fostering and their attitude to parents and carers

A fair comment in many cases would be that there are also people working in these departments who sadly have very little life experience and only academic experience in placing kids in care and choosing carers and in assisting them to give fostered kids a fair chance at having a relatively normal life  

Answer 3

I think so, but I will tell  you a friend of mine did it and then again. They paid very well....extremely well....unbelievably well.  They wound up adopting the kids.