Comments on: The Gift of Fostering (You Might Be a Foster Parent If…) http://catholicexchange.com/2009/04/14/117654/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Heidi Saxton http://catholicexchange.com/2009/04/14/117654/comment-page-1/#comment-39360 Heidi Saxton Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:55:17 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=117654#comment-39360 Asquared: I'm sorry you were disappointed this way. That must have been very frustrating. I wonder if you would get a different response with another agency. Same-sex siblings can share bedrooms, as long as there is a minimum square footage of space available (I think it's 40 square feet, the size of a bed). HOWEVER, be sure there is no history of sexual or physical abuse before putting younger children and foster child in close proximity without direct adult supervision. While a particular foster child might have special needs -- for example, need to be escorted to school until they demonstrate a level of self-sufficiency -- this is by no means true of all foster kids. Same is true of dietary requirements; in addition, foster kids are eligible for both free hot lunches and food stamps. It doesn't cost a lot to raise a foster child ... On the other hand, it can be labor intensive at times. (I tell people that birth mothers labor to deliver their children; adoptive and foster mothers labor -- sometimes just as painfully -- to make the child "theirs" AFTER the delivery. God bless you! Heidi Saxton Asquared: I’m sorry you were disappointed this way. That must have been very frustrating. I wonder if you would get a different response with another agency.

Same-sex siblings can share bedrooms, as long as there is a minimum square footage of space available (I think it’s 40 square feet, the size of a bed). HOWEVER, be sure there is no history of sexual or physical abuse before putting younger children and foster child in close proximity without direct adult supervision.

While a particular foster child might have special needs — for example, need to be escorted to school until they demonstrate a level of self-sufficiency — this is by no means true of all foster kids. Same is true of dietary requirements; in addition, foster kids are eligible for both free hot lunches and food stamps.

It doesn’t cost a lot to raise a foster child … On the other hand, it can be labor intensive at times. (I tell people that birth mothers labor to deliver their children; adoptive and foster mothers labor — sometimes just as painfully — to make the child “theirs” AFTER the delivery.

God bless you!

Heidi Saxton

]]> By: PrairieHawk http://catholicexchange.com/2009/04/14/117654/comment-page-1/#comment-39358 PrairieHawk Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:15:07 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=117654#comment-39358 asquared, They say that God never closes a door without opening a window. Try to see what happened to you as being allowed by God--even if the State's reasons are dumb. Then you will see that things happened this way for a reason, and you will be ready to move on. asquared,

They say that God never closes a door without opening a window. Try to see what happened to you as being allowed by God–even if the State’s reasons are dumb. Then you will see that things happened this way for a reason, and you will be ready to move on.

]]> By: asquared http://catholicexchange.com/2009/04/14/117654/comment-page-1/#comment-39356 asquared Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:49:55 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=117654#comment-39356 You know you were turned down as a foster parent if: your own kids share bedrooms & bathrooms, so state won't place children with you your own kids eat what you can afford--good nutrition from simple foods--but that is not good enough for the state agency your own kids walk to school, but you were turned down because you cannot drive foster child to school one of your own children has special needs, and state agency feels environment is threatening to interests of the foster child You know you were turned down as a foster parent if:
your own kids share bedrooms & bathrooms, so state won’t place children with you
your own kids eat what you can afford–good nutrition from simple foods–but that is not good enough for the state agency
your own kids walk to school, but you were turned down because you cannot drive foster child to school
one of your own children has special needs, and state agency feels environment is threatening to interests of the foster child

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