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Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85923) • Valdosta, Georgia 26 Jan 12

Is there a "right" personality for it? Is it true that you could have a child for 10 years and the next day they could put them in another foster home? Do you have to have a lot of money to foster a child? Would you ever want...

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Foster Children...

keelymcilwain @keelymcilwain (797) • Canada 17 Jun 09

Well we are moving to a smaller city where I am from and we have been thinking about fostering or adopting a child. I know my boyfriend is ready for as he has his own kids. I am ready because I feel like I am a good "mom/ role...

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Would you want to be a Foster Parent?

kayla_7602 @kayla_7602 (704) • Canada 27 Feb 09

Hello everyone So in my life at some point I would love to be a foster parent. I am only 22 now, so it would not be possible. And i have a 6 year old son. If i was to become a foster parent i would want to take in older kids....

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mjskids @mjskids (6) • United States 21 Jan 09

I am a foster parent and love doing it. With all the crimes against children and parents addicted to drugs, there are so many children neglected and in need of love and guidance. I do not claim to be a perfect parent but I do...

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It's not so great when the doctor tells you some not so great news

Bella75 @nixxi76 (3191) • Canada 16 Dec 08

Today I had a visit with my doctor because I needed a medical reference to become a foster parent. He gave me a great reference but then had some bad news to go with it. He decided to check my blood pressure and put the cuff on...

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What do you think of the Foster Care System??

jennawash @jennawash (161) • United States 8 Dec 08

I am a foster parent. I have been supportive of the CPS system throughout my time as a foster parent. However, we have custody of a 2 year old girl, we've had her since she was 2 months. They are trying to get her back with her...

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Our family is becoming a foster family

Bella75 @nixxi76 (3191) • Canada 27 Nov 08

About three months ago my hubby and I were driving the truck and we were listening to the radio. Suddenly, a comercial came on the radio saying " There are twice the amount of children staying in hotel rooms waiting for homes to...

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Give A Foster Child A Home

juliehvr @juliehvr (40) • United States 2 Nov 08

Do you feel like something is missing in your life and you just can't put your finger on it? I felt that way for years until I became a foster parent. Needless to say, I adopted all 3 children that I fostered. My girls were...

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Gave my yorkie away last week

seabeauty @seabeauty (1480) • United States 30 Oct 08

Called a Rescue group to take him. Only had him two months. A friend of mine found him and brought him here. She knew my daughter liked dogs so she gave him to her. Originally my ex husband agreed to pay his medical bills....

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Would you like to adopt a child?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31042) • United Kingdom 27 Oct 08

I know two little girls that are currently living with a foster parent. I feel that the adoptive parents will be very lucky to adopt them. When I began teaching I met a lady that was unable to get pregnant. She and her husband...

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how to move on after death of a love one...

luntian_grace @luntian_grace (1373) • Philippines 22 Sep 08

a year ago my foster parent died and this year same month my close friend die unexpectedly. she was shot and i don't want to run the details coz it hurts to remember. my life start to fall a part and i don't know what to do. i...

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4 & 6 yr old sisters molested

bmorehouse1 @bmorehouse1 (1028) • United States 10 Sep 08

On the news last night they were telling about sisters ages 4 & 6 who were molested while they were in foster care. The 3 boys who sexually molested them were ages 10 and 11, one of which was their brother. The sisters and brother...

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Becoming a foster parent

little_momma @little_momma (198) • United States 28 Aug 08

I have always wanted to help kids who are in need of stability in their life and love and I'm just about at a point where I think I could handle it. I know that you have to pass a background check and all that kind of thing which...

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Making work fun

Bella75 @nixxi76 (3191) • Canada 6 Jun 08

My friend and I work at the same place on the same shifts and we have to work tonight for the nightshift. We are both bringing some munchies to eat and figuring out our new business we're starting in July. We were so miserable...

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May is National Foster Parent Month

olivebranch56 @olivebranch56 (910) • United States 6 May 08

I just wanted to remind everyone to say a warm thanks to Foster Parents. We celebrate Foster Parents in May, but that is not all, it is a chance to draw attention to the thousands of children in the USA, and abroad who are looking...

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sharon_ @sharon_ (1169) • United States 28 Apr 08

Could you do it? Have you ever thought about being one. Maybe you're a foster parent right now or have been in the past. What was it like? Foster care is a system by which a certified, stand-in "parent(s)" cares for minor...

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jennawash @jennawash (161) • United States 27 Mar 08

My husband and I are foster parents. We have our first foster child and she came to us at 3 months old and is now just shy of a year. She will be leaving us soon to be adopted by a family member who has never met her and lives out...

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Foster Care - Could You?

Chey1970 @Chey1970 (1186) • United States 8 Mar 08

I was talking on the phone with a friend of mine in Canada. And the subject of kids came up, and how we each know someone who does 'Foster Care'. As we were talking we were discussion some of the "issues" in which accompanies...

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Are you a foster parent or have you ever been a foster parent?

girlgonefishing @girlgonefishing (2174) • United States 7 Jan 08

My husband and I are in the process of filling out the paperwork to foster infants and toddlers. I'm so afraid that I will get too attached to them and be way too broken hearted when they go back home. The main reason we are...

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i am now a proud foster parent....lol

silkyt34 @silkyt34 (324) • United States 20 Aug 07

we are now fostering 3 puppies that we got from a kill shelter and it is so much fun, we recently lost our female beagle she was hit on the road, and my husband was extremely heart broken and when he saw the 3 pups online and the...

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