Adopting children contained by foster supervision?
I would like to look into foster care to adopt a child. It's something I've wanted to do for a while very soon. My question is really this: I've just read a couple questions and answers contained by here. Some people say that if you "want" to do it, then you are mortal selfish. How can they say that? I want to adopt a child, so that makes me careless? Should I say that I don't want to adopt a child?
Also, the social worker asked me what my parenting skills are like or if I've ever been around children, and what compassionate of child I was hoping to adopt. If I walk around that question, they're going to muse I'm a little weird... you know. Don't they need to know your expectations to finish the homestudy report? They are the ones who are asking me!
Please make a contribution some input here. Thank you in advance.
If you plan to raise someone else's child, of course you have to WANT to. You own to remove your own expectations, though...children who have lost their families have a strong time meeting the expectations of a new family, and shouldn't be expected to. They're grieving, and involve support, unconditional love, and understanding. I'm sure you can provide that...just be careful more or less expectations.
What people are saying about tactlessness, is that if it's ALL about you, and you're not even interested in the child's needs, afterwards yeah, that's selfish. If you walk into this thing motto, "I want a white girl under 3 years old with no issues", you're going to acquire a lot of flack for that...because other people's children simply do not exist to meet your needs. If what you WANT is to make available a family to a child who truly needs one, and to share your life near a person who is grieving and needs unconditional love, then adopt from foster care is right for you, and you will not get the accusations of tactlessness.
However, in any adoption, there are selfish reason to go through with it. Acknowledge those reasons, and take that they are YOUR reasons, and have nothing to do near the child. Just for an example, when my husband and I first wanted to adopt, our purpose was to "save" a child from the foster care system. Sounds close to a good idea, right? But I had to realize that near is not one single child sitting in foster care waiting for ME to come along and bring them home. No child should be expected to be grateful - or even glad - to have their uncomplicated human needs met. (Not saying that you'll expect that, just giving you something to ponder.)
There is a big difference between, "IwantIwantIwant, it's adjectives about ME and MY wants", and "I want to parent a child who needs one, and I will take responsibility for my own desires".
Best of luck to you.
If you want to be a mom that does not make you inconsiderate. That makes you a human being that desires to parent, not everyone does and BOTH are ok.
Having gone thru the homestudy process myself, my best advice is to be yourself and be honest.
Good luck!
Foster parent who adopted: My wife couldn't have children and so arranged to help other foster kids that is what she was growing up and feel she could help some children. We knew nothing around raising kids. We took the tests and did one step at a time through the process. We had never be around children we had no parenting skills. Finally the day arrived and we got our license, within is so many children in Foster care it is gloomy. We got Vanessa she was half black and partly white and my wife is Native American so we are a international family. She was so tiny and cute and sweet we hated to budge to sleep for fear something would happen to her. No one knew her father and her mother go to prison for drugs and she would be grown before her mother got out. She would cling to us for love and would eat anything put until that time her that didn't move. One day she got hurt and we were devastate knowing we would loose her. But they be very understanding and said life happen. After a year they brought us another little girl, some time later we adopted both of them.
then this little boy needed a home surrounded by the worse kind of way, he was a grease baby and his parents didn't want him and neither did the grand parents.. He was so cute I couldn't believe anyone wouldn't want him.
In between we have children we could not deal with they were to destructive and upsetting! It was very hard to reject a child but we have to think of the other children. Eventually we adopted the baby boy and afterwards two other foster children. As much as you would like to you cannot take them all. Now are house is a full time undertaking for my wife.
I think foster care is the best way to find children you are compatible next to. As hard as that is to believe some children you just cannot accord with. We have 5 adopted children and we are not within foster care anymore. Don't let people discourage you, everyone did us and it have been the greatest thing in our vivacity. They are big now and doing great in school and a genuine positive experience for us.
I asked my son do you want to know your real parents and he said,you are my real parents and know I don't want to know those people. I cogitate that is an act of unselfishness why bring more kids in to the world when it is over populated and they can't find homes for these kids. Some are particularly sad but as I said you cannot take them all.
My parents did foster care for years. One daytime a little boy, less then a year, come to stay with us. His parents didn't really try to get him back and so my spent the time and money and he have now been my little brother for almost 19 years. Time flys. It is a wonderful thing, adopt. And adopting a child from here that needs you, is amazing. Once I had a daughter of my own, I realize that I needed her as much as she needs me and there is nothing wrong beside that (as long as I don't depend on her.) You are considering a wonderful thing and if you do it, you will not just be giving a child a home, but a life as very well. As long as you will love them... do whatever you can to do it. Source(s): Went through it with my little brother.
Answers: I just want to utter that I don't think adoption is selfish at all. I be a foster child but I was never adopted. Most foster children spend there lives moving around from nearest and dearest to family. You feel so unwanted when you get passed around. They never really bring back to make any friends or have a real loving relations. Luckily, I got to stay with a family for 8 years which is really unlikely for most kids. But very soon that I am 18, I have to live with a friend. I don't have a house to take care of me while I finish high university and get ready for university. By adopting a child you get rid of some of these problems they could face. So I would like to thank you for wanting to adopt a child. :)
It's not really much "wanting to adopt" that is offensive. It is when people gain specific and say oh I would like a baby from Italy, or a babe with green eyes and red hair or blonde hair and blue eyes. When it become more like placing an order than adopting a child, it become a problem. As an adoptee things like that bother me because I personally know what it feels resembling to be a child who was meant to fill the null and void of the children my parents could not have.
Also, I think you SHOULD have limitations on what features of child you can or cannot parent. I think you should take into consideration the kinds of article you can deal with and the things you can't. The problem most of us have is again next to super specific specifications that are more about customization than what the child needs and what you are able to provide for that child. Source(s): Surprisingly self actualzied fully fledged adoptee
That's nice of you :D
Ignore those people, i don't know for sure why they say-so that but some of them maybe were in foster thoroughness & they dint get adopted so they feel close to since they dint get adopted why should the others,
Others are just evil ancestors who want to change your mind so you don't help a child in call for.
Others are just stupid people who don't understand the issue of things.
Its nice of you that you want to adopt a child =D
I also want to adopt one once i start my career & can support a child.
Sure you can have a child of your own but sometimes some of us are so caught up within our career that times passes by & we end up single but nonetheless we want a child, instead of being a slut & having a one night stand to own one you adopt one, which is nice =)
Some just want to simply adopt children to give them care & love so they can have a feeling loved.
Either way its nice even if you or anyone is the first one were the time flys by its still nice they want to adopt one. =D
About the parenting skills be honest.
Don't lie, lying Is lately going to lesson your chances of being able to adopt one.
When they ask you what class of child you want to adopt then be honest. do you want a quiet one, a talkative one & so on because im guessing base on what type of child you want to adopt they can choose the right child that you will have a more mother & son/daughter connection so just be honest =)
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Hello, Nina!
This is another classic "blunder" on Y/Answers.
#4: Admit that you will hold some joy or fulfillment in parenting an adopted child. Some associates take the idea that "adoption is about the child" to an extreme. That funds, the adoptive parent can't admit to having any benefit from the adoption at all: even cliché that you would like to be your adopted child's soccer coach. Because if you have any gladness at all, then it's about YOU, not roughly the CHILD.
Oh, and for good measure:
#5: Admitting that there are some special desires or challenges that you do not feel you can meet within a child. Some people on this forum are very outspoken about the impression that if an adoptive parent isn't willing or able to adopt EVERY child, then they enjoy no business adopting ANY child.
Of course, when you ask them how many sexually reactive teenagers with a long history of ferocious behavior that THEY adopted, there is never really a good answer.
My input: Take a worthy look at yourself and your situation and come up with what are reasonable limits. Some "special needs" are efficiently managed. Some, not so much. Not every adoptive parent is a good match for every adoptive child. You requirement to have reasonable expectations of yourself and of the child. Not having these sets both of you up for disaster.
Like I said in another question. There is some good information on this forum. There is also some smug, nasty, judgemental crap. Sift through it and find the gems.
Why is it selfish to want to adopt children? I think those people are only just trying to get a rise out of you. I would ignore them, if possible.
Be as honest as you can next to the social worker. If you don't have much experience, it's not going to count against you. Same goes for not wanting a child with lasting problems, or having a preference toward a child of a certain see or religion. You might have to wait longer to find your match, but motto no to the kids who don't fit will save you and the child time and heartache, and it will not put you at the back of the list.
Good luck!
Many culture become foster parents in order to adopt a child. Ideally, if a child cannot be reunited with the birth parents, adoption by the foster parents is the subsequent best solution.
Be totally honest with the caseworker and with yourself. Be sure you think through what ages/sex/race child you be aware of would be the best match for you. Be prepared that some of the children who are placed with you will not become available for adoption.
You should also go to your state's trellis site for adoption, also www.adoptuskids.org and google search for the Dave Thomas foundation and the links to the children who are currently legally free and looking for a permanent clan.
Good luck Source(s): www.adoptuskids.org
www.NJHeartgallery.org
Just cut all the bitter ones on here that are crying about being adopt and how horrible it is...perhaps their bio moms should have chosen abortion..would that make them in good spirits? Doubt anything would make them happy at this point...
shift 2 a local orphanage and they'll interview u. Source(s): me, myself, i...
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Also, the social worker asked me what my parenting skills are like or if I've ever been around children, and what compassionate of child I was hoping to adopt. If I walk around that question, they're going to muse I'm a little weird... you know. Don't they need to know your expectations to finish the homestudy report? They are the ones who are asking me!
Please make a contribution some input here. Thank you in advance.
If you plan to raise someone else's child, of course you have to WANT to. You own to remove your own expectations, though...children who have lost their families have a strong time meeting the expectations of a new family, and shouldn't be expected to. They're grieving, and involve support, unconditional love, and understanding. I'm sure you can provide that...just be careful more or less expectations.
What people are saying about tactlessness, is that if it's ALL about you, and you're not even interested in the child's needs, afterwards yeah, that's selfish. If you walk into this thing motto, "I want a white girl under 3 years old with no issues", you're going to acquire a lot of flack for that...because other people's children simply do not exist to meet your needs. If what you WANT is to make available a family to a child who truly needs one, and to share your life near a person who is grieving and needs unconditional love, then adopt from foster care is right for you, and you will not get the accusations of tactlessness.
However, in any adoption, there are selfish reason to go through with it. Acknowledge those reasons, and take that they are YOUR reasons, and have nothing to do near the child. Just for an example, when my husband and I first wanted to adopt, our purpose was to "save" a child from the foster care system. Sounds close to a good idea, right? But I had to realize that near is not one single child sitting in foster care waiting for ME to come along and bring them home. No child should be expected to be grateful - or even glad - to have their uncomplicated human needs met. (Not saying that you'll expect that, just giving you something to ponder.)
There is a big difference between, "IwantIwantIwant, it's adjectives about ME and MY wants", and "I want to parent a child who needs one, and I will take responsibility for my own desires".
Best of luck to you.
If you want to be a mom that does not make you inconsiderate. That makes you a human being that desires to parent, not everyone does and BOTH are ok.
Having gone thru the homestudy process myself, my best advice is to be yourself and be honest.
Good luck!
Foster parent who adopted: My wife couldn't have children and so arranged to help other foster kids that is what she was growing up and feel she could help some children. We knew nothing around raising kids. We took the tests and did one step at a time through the process. We had never be around children we had no parenting skills. Finally the day arrived and we got our license, within is so many children in Foster care it is gloomy. We got Vanessa she was half black and partly white and my wife is Native American so we are a international family. She was so tiny and cute and sweet we hated to budge to sleep for fear something would happen to her. No one knew her father and her mother go to prison for drugs and she would be grown before her mother got out. She would cling to us for love and would eat anything put until that time her that didn't move. One day she got hurt and we were devastate knowing we would loose her. But they be very understanding and said life happen. After a year they brought us another little girl, some time later we adopted both of them.
then this little boy needed a home surrounded by the worse kind of way, he was a grease baby and his parents didn't want him and neither did the grand parents.. He was so cute I couldn't believe anyone wouldn't want him.
In between we have children we could not deal with they were to destructive and upsetting! It was very hard to reject a child but we have to think of the other children. Eventually we adopted the baby boy and afterwards two other foster children. As much as you would like to you cannot take them all. Now are house is a full time undertaking for my wife.
I think foster care is the best way to find children you are compatible next to. As hard as that is to believe some children you just cannot accord with. We have 5 adopted children and we are not within foster care anymore. Don't let people discourage you, everyone did us and it have been the greatest thing in our vivacity. They are big now and doing great in school and a genuine positive experience for us.
I asked my son do you want to know your real parents and he said,you are my real parents and know I don't want to know those people. I cogitate that is an act of unselfishness why bring more kids in to the world when it is over populated and they can't find homes for these kids. Some are particularly sad but as I said you cannot take them all.
My parents did foster care for years. One daytime a little boy, less then a year, come to stay with us. His parents didn't really try to get him back and so my spent the time and money and he have now been my little brother for almost 19 years. Time flys. It is a wonderful thing, adopt. And adopting a child from here that needs you, is amazing. Once I had a daughter of my own, I realize that I needed her as much as she needs me and there is nothing wrong beside that (as long as I don't depend on her.) You are considering a wonderful thing and if you do it, you will not just be giving a child a home, but a life as very well. As long as you will love them... do whatever you can to do it. Source(s): Went through it with my little brother.
Answers: I just want to utter that I don't think adoption is selfish at all. I be a foster child but I was never adopted. Most foster children spend there lives moving around from nearest and dearest to family. You feel so unwanted when you get passed around. They never really bring back to make any friends or have a real loving relations. Luckily, I got to stay with a family for 8 years which is really unlikely for most kids. But very soon that I am 18, I have to live with a friend. I don't have a house to take care of me while I finish high university and get ready for university. By adopting a child you get rid of some of these problems they could face. So I would like to thank you for wanting to adopt a child. :)
It's not really much "wanting to adopt" that is offensive. It is when people gain specific and say oh I would like a baby from Italy, or a babe with green eyes and red hair or blonde hair and blue eyes. When it become more like placing an order than adopting a child, it become a problem. As an adoptee things like that bother me because I personally know what it feels resembling to be a child who was meant to fill the null and void of the children my parents could not have.
Also, I think you SHOULD have limitations on what features of child you can or cannot parent. I think you should take into consideration the kinds of article you can deal with and the things you can't. The problem most of us have is again next to super specific specifications that are more about customization than what the child needs and what you are able to provide for that child. Source(s): Surprisingly self actualzied fully fledged adoptee
That's nice of you :D
Ignore those people, i don't know for sure why they say-so that but some of them maybe were in foster thoroughness & they dint get adopted so they feel close to since they dint get adopted why should the others,
Others are just evil ancestors who want to change your mind so you don't help a child in call for.
Others are just stupid people who don't understand the issue of things.
Its nice of you that you want to adopt a child =D
I also want to adopt one once i start my career & can support a child.
Sure you can have a child of your own but sometimes some of us are so caught up within our career that times passes by & we end up single but nonetheless we want a child, instead of being a slut & having a one night stand to own one you adopt one, which is nice =)
Some just want to simply adopt children to give them care & love so they can have a feeling loved.
Either way its nice even if you or anyone is the first one were the time flys by its still nice they want to adopt one. =D
About the parenting skills be honest.
Don't lie, lying Is lately going to lesson your chances of being able to adopt one.
When they ask you what class of child you want to adopt then be honest. do you want a quiet one, a talkative one & so on because im guessing base on what type of child you want to adopt they can choose the right child that you will have a more mother & son/daughter connection so just be honest =)
Edit : http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my_edit;_ylt…
be in motion there & at the bottom were it says privacy & uncheck splodge the box next to the sentence saying :
"Allow Answers users to contact me via email (Address not publically displayed)"
Remember Ignore those mean those.
Hello, Nina!
This is another classic "blunder" on Y/Answers.
#4: Admit that you will hold some joy or fulfillment in parenting an adopted child. Some associates take the idea that "adoption is about the child" to an extreme. That funds, the adoptive parent can't admit to having any benefit from the adoption at all: even cliché that you would like to be your adopted child's soccer coach. Because if you have any gladness at all, then it's about YOU, not roughly the CHILD.
Oh, and for good measure:
#5: Admitting that there are some special desires or challenges that you do not feel you can meet within a child. Some people on this forum are very outspoken about the impression that if an adoptive parent isn't willing or able to adopt EVERY child, then they enjoy no business adopting ANY child.
Of course, when you ask them how many sexually reactive teenagers with a long history of ferocious behavior that THEY adopted, there is never really a good answer.
My input: Take a worthy look at yourself and your situation and come up with what are reasonable limits. Some "special needs" are efficiently managed. Some, not so much. Not every adoptive parent is a good match for every adoptive child. You requirement to have reasonable expectations of yourself and of the child. Not having these sets both of you up for disaster.
Like I said in another question. There is some good information on this forum. There is also some smug, nasty, judgemental crap. Sift through it and find the gems.
Why is it selfish to want to adopt children? I think those people are only just trying to get a rise out of you. I would ignore them, if possible.
Be as honest as you can next to the social worker. If you don't have much experience, it's not going to count against you. Same goes for not wanting a child with lasting problems, or having a preference toward a child of a certain see or religion. You might have to wait longer to find your match, but motto no to the kids who don't fit will save you and the child time and heartache, and it will not put you at the back of the list.
Good luck!
Many culture become foster parents in order to adopt a child. Ideally, if a child cannot be reunited with the birth parents, adoption by the foster parents is the subsequent best solution.
Be totally honest with the caseworker and with yourself. Be sure you think through what ages/sex/race child you be aware of would be the best match for you. Be prepared that some of the children who are placed with you will not become available for adoption.
You should also go to your state's trellis site for adoption, also www.adoptuskids.org and google search for the Dave Thomas foundation and the links to the children who are currently legally free and looking for a permanent clan.
Good luck Source(s): www.adoptuskids.org
www.NJHeartgallery.org
Just cut all the bitter ones on here that are crying about being adopt and how horrible it is...perhaps their bio moms should have chosen abortion..would that make them in good spirits? Doubt anything would make them happy at this point...
shift 2 a local orphanage and they'll interview u. Source(s): me, myself, i...
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