I want to become foster parent because I love kids and want to help them. This goal is going to be here a while, though, because in Maine, you have to be 21 to become a foster parent. Oh, well! Only 7 more years! Also before I become a foster parent, I’ll need to have my driver’s license, finish high school, and be settled into my new lifestyle of running a boarding Kennel from my house. It’s going to be hard, being a foster parent. I know because I have friends who are in foster care. I can do it though. This is my purpose. I know this is why God put me on this Earth.
How to become a foster parent
How I did it: The process to become a foster parent varies from state to state. In Tennessee one has to complete 30 hours of training, plus become certified in first aid and CPR. Each family member must pass a physical exam and have a criminal background check performed. We were also required to submit a very detailed auto biography ( 6 pages of questions to answer), have a home inspection and each member of our family had to be interviewed, in addition to many other requirements.
It took about 4 months to complete everything that was required. We now have 3 foster children (ages 3, 4 & 6), in addition to our 3 daughters.
Lessons & tips: Anyone considering this should keep in mind that it will change the family dynamics tremendously- it will be a big adjustment for everyone!
Also, be aware that,in most cases, you will have to deal with the birth parents. My fellow foster parents tell me this usually isn't a big problem. However, this was a very stressfull expereince for us in the beginning. The birth parents were allowed supervised visits once a week and the mother would cause quite a scene when it came time for the visit to end. However, the parents are no longer interested in visiting with their children. Kinda sad, but the children aren't really bothered by it.
Our children will be eligible for adoption in October and we will start that process then.
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i am trying to be come a foster mother and i really enjoy helping people i am in school now to be a nures and i am working two jobs
AT the age of 17 years Old. I had decided I want to foster children that had no home or that was shiffed around. I always hated most of the foster homes I was in. They always treated me differently, and they would treated each child diffrently depending on thier situation. I would love to be a foster parent and show a child that there are real people out there, That I am not in it to do it for the money rather then to show that child I was too in there situation. I know how thier feeling. I show them how to have fun with life and break the cycle. There nobody out there that don’t care. I am 25 years old now. I am working to get my credit stable and to get a home. Once I get my life back on the right tracks. I would diffently concider being a foster mother again.
i really want to help children that need assistance, therefore i would like to support children by becoming a foster parent in hopping i can achieve my dream and goal of becoming a parent some day.
Truly one of the most rewarding experiences to be had. If you treat your foster kids with love, respect, tenderness and compassion, it wil come back to you tenfold.
Presently I am waiting with bated breath to see if they—my former foster sons continue on the right path.
i am 18 years old and have a three bedroom home and a nine month old daughter. i stay at home and my husband works, i have been a girl scout for 13 years, i love children and i really want to become a foster parent..i don’t understand why i can’t help children and others can, when i am eligible in everything except my age?
I really want to do this. My husband says no because he thinks that it will be too hard on me emotionally. We are still young, but I think we have so much to offer and I’d love to give someone a loving home for as long as they may need it.
I would love to have children that need a home and lots of love. There just aren’t enough people to love them all.
joanna is riding her new bike at town lake
he was our heart. but he went back to his mother, and it crushed us. we’re not foster parents anymore..
maybe someday we’ll try again.
we were in it to adopt. we hadn’t fully prepared to see him leave us..
still, it was the greatest experience ever -
An awesome trip that my partner and I have been doing for about a year now. Read more at http://adoptiongay.com


