Do you remember the book "Radical"? One of the propositions was that every Christian family must adopt foster kids. I knew a woman whose church in AZ "adopted" this policy. She and her husband disagreed that everyone should do this and did not participate and were looked down upon as not being spiritual enough. She said that every couple…
Do you remember the book "Radical"? One of the propositions was that every Christian family must adopt foster kids. I knew a woman whose church in AZ "adopted" this policy. She and her husband disagreed that everyone should do this and did not participate and were looked down upon as not being spiritual enough. She said that every couple in the church with maybe one exception divorced after adopting foster kids. Bringing a foster child into your home is far from a cake walk. It is extremely difficult. Even as young as 5 years old these children may be uncontrollable and cause irreparable harm to your own family and if they are older and you have your own children, there can be risk to your biological children. I really dislike the state run ads for adopting teens out of foster care as if all they need is for you to be a new BFF. I'm not opposed to adopting out of foster care, but there are stringent restrictions on discipline and unfortunately there may be extreme behavioral problems with these children. There is a reason that their parents no longer have custody and thus many of these children have suffered from trauma with related behavioral issues that not everyone will be able to handle. If you chose to adopt through this process, please be aware of all the difficulties that lie ahead. While there are difficulties (and some of those can be extreme) with raising your own biological children, there is a multitude of difficulties that arise when adopting out of foster care. Again, if God lays it on a persons heart and through much prayer a decision is made to do this, be prepared for the battles ahead.
Had a friend whose mother did foster care. Pretty much every single one of those kids had issues of some kind, often serious. Not to say they shouldn't be cared for, but know what you're getting into.
Do you remember the book "Radical"? One of the propositions was that every Christian family must adopt foster kids. I knew a woman whose church in AZ "adopted" this policy. She and her husband disagreed that everyone should do this and did not participate and were looked down upon as not being spiritual enough. She said that every couple in the church with maybe one exception divorced after adopting foster kids. Bringing a foster child into your home is far from a cake walk. It is extremely difficult. Even as young as 5 years old these children may be uncontrollable and cause irreparable harm to your own family and if they are older and you have your own children, there can be risk to your biological children. I really dislike the state run ads for adopting teens out of foster care as if all they need is for you to be a new BFF. I'm not opposed to adopting out of foster care, but there are stringent restrictions on discipline and unfortunately there may be extreme behavioral problems with these children. There is a reason that their parents no longer have custody and thus many of these children have suffered from trauma with related behavioral issues that not everyone will be able to handle. If you chose to adopt through this process, please be aware of all the difficulties that lie ahead. While there are difficulties (and some of those can be extreme) with raising your own biological children, there is a multitude of difficulties that arise when adopting out of foster care. Again, if God lays it on a persons heart and through much prayer a decision is made to do this, be prepared for the battles ahead.
Had a friend whose mother did foster care. Pretty much every single one of those kids had issues of some kind, often serious. Not to say they shouldn't be cared for, but know what you're getting into.
Exactly.