I'm a foster parent - Ask me Anything

[Anonymous]

Go.

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What's the longest a child has been with you?

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How much money are you paid?

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Anonymous wrote:What's the longest a child has been with you?

Three years.

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How many kids do you foster?

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In DC?

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Anonymous wrote:How much money are you paid?

First, I just want to make sure you know it's offensive to phrase it like that.
Here is a chart breaking it down state by state. http://peeples.hubpages.com/hub/What-does-being-a-foster-parent-really-pay

Keep in mind though, that children with disabilities often require more intense care and foster parents are given more money for caring for them.

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Anonymous wrote:How many kids do you foster?

We have the space for four. I aim to keep it at no more than three at a time, but I will not kick anyone out, and will not separate siblings.

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Did you have your own children first? Do they live in the house with you still?

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What happened to the kids who left? Were they adopted or passed onto another foster home?

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Anonymous wrote:Did you have your own children first? Do they live in the house with you still?

We have two children that live in the house with us.

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to the kids who left? Were they adopted or passed onto another foster home?

Different things. Sometimes they went back to their parents, sometimes they went to someone else better equipped to foster someone with their particular needs, sometimes they moved out of the area, sometimes they went to a different foster parent, sometimes to a relative.

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If you have your own kids, how do they feel about the foster sibs? Were you worried how they would react? How do the foster kids feel about your kids?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How much money are you paid?

First, I just want to make sure you know it's offensive to phrase it like that.
Here is a chart breaking it down state by state. http://peeples.hubpages.com/hub/What-does-being-a-foster-parent-really-pay

Keep in mind though, that children with disabilities often require more intense care and foster parents are given more money for caring for them.

Noted & intentioned.


D.C. $827 x 3 = $2481
Maryland $735 = $2205
Virginia $368 = $1101

Not too bad of a gig in DC or MD.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have your own kids, how do they feel about the foster sibs? Were you worried how they would react? How do the foster kids feel about your kids?

They mostly like it, though it can be stressful at times. If I had high-strung kids or highly sensitive kids we probably wouldn't have done this. While they may cry if a foster child purposely breaks their toy, they can be consoled and get over it within minutes, not hours, and won't hold a grudge against the child for a long time.