What kind of person makes a bad _______ parent?

Question

1. parenting biological

2. adoptive

3. foster

And are there any BIG differences between the three?

Answer 1

A bad parent puts themselves before the child or their spouse/partner.  A good parent can put the needs/wants of the child first, spouse/partner second and themselves last.  

In my opinion.  And there is no difference between adoptive or foster and biological parents, the same kind of mutual respect and love needs to be in any of those scenarios.

So in other words - answer your question - a SELFISH person makes a bad any kind of parent.

Answer 2

A bad parent is a parent who puts his/her needs before the child's needs.  Specifically,

1. parenting natural - neglect/abuse of any kind

2. adoptive - using child to "cure" infertility; denying child access to his/her natural family unless there is real (documented, not made up for convenience) danger to the child; giving trans-cultural adoptees culturally inappropriate names

3. foster - in it for the money (yes, it is the minority of foster parents, however, it is more common than I ever thought)

Yes, there are HUGE differences.  Once a child is taken from his/her family of origin there is loss that must be addressed by the adoptive/foster family regardless of the circumstances of removal.  Failure to acknowledge the disruption of the genetic connection is abusive.

Answer 3

Selfish and uncaring/abusive.  In addition, someone who can't support a child emotionally or financially take care of a childs basic needs.  No difference between the types of parents.    

Answer 4

Foster children aren't the parent's child at all. The children just lives in the house.

The kind of person that makes a bad parent is neglecting a biological child to take care of a foster or adopted child. Bad parenting is neglect and abuse --either physical or mental.  

Answer 5

A bad parent is one who does not care for the child, abuses them, neglects them, puts them in harm's way, and just in general does not care for their well-being. I don't think it makes a difference whether you are a biological, adoptive or foster parent. A bad parent, is a bad parent.

Answer 6

neither of the 3.  A bad parent is one that puts his or her needs ahead of the child's needs,  

Any human can be a bad parent.  In fact, all of us are bad parents at some point in the child rearing process.

Answer 7

Unconditional Love is needed, if it is not there then 1,2, and 3 bad parents equally.

Answer 8

First off why adopt? Are you trying to be like Angelina Crazy-Mama-Lee?

If you juust wanna do it for the heck of it and aren't doing it only to get some Poopy attention, then I'd say go for it!!

Fostering a newborn can be a hard p**p in the asphalt is you catch ma drift. those drifting little turds will get you no where- you can live with out them if you want. Its called foster care!

Answer 9

a parent is a parent, whether biological, adoptive, or foster. A person would make a bad parent if they aren't able to provide a child with the things they need(and I don't mean a car and college tuition, those are luxuries. I mean if they can't feed the child or provide warm blankets), and if they aren't ready for anything. A person would also make a bad parent if they have a bad temper, or they aren't ready to have kids.

Answer 10

I was abused by my parents (biological). Abuse is abuse it would not have mattered the relationship because the damage has been done.

Abuse of a child, any child, is the lowest form of human behavior.

I picked this example because it is the first thing that came to mind.

Answer 11

i reckon even the nicest person can be a crappy mother.i would be too strict i think  

Answer 12

I believe that what makes a person a "bad" parent is not based on how they became a parent (meaning:  biological, adoptive, or foster) but rather on how they "parent" the child.  

For me, a "bad" parent can be one of many reasons if you think about it.  It could be a parent who abuses or neglects a child; it could be a parent who doesn't teach a child right from wrong; it could be a parent who neglects the child; it could be a parent who puts unfair expectations on a child; and so on and so on.

The truth is that bad parenting isn't dependent on how you became a parent.  Heck, we all make bad parenting decisions as parents at one time or another.  But it's when it's at the continued expense of the child that causes irreparable harm in some way, that someone (anyone) can be considered a bad parent.