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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People do it but its very hard if you have a "great" career in less you hire a nanny especially with three kids.  The kids will probably have weekly family visits, lots of medical/dental appointments at first and can have weekly (or more) mental health, speech and ot therapies.  Can you handle doing all that driving with 4-5 kids and a full-time job?  You are probably better off waiting until your kids are in college and you have the time as its a very different need/parenting.  Its a wonderful thing to do but it doesn't sound realistic as its not as simple as just having one more child in your house as these kid may have a lot of needs.[/quote]

Thanks that is a good point. I have a nanny but would switch to a live in au pair if I fostered. [/quote]

Is an au pair going to be qualified to handle a foster kid with emotional disregulation, emotional problems, etc?  Your au pair from another country is going to be cool with an 8 yr old raging, screaming, breaking glass, running away, physically attacking her/him and the older siblings?  That's a HELL of a lot to dump on an au pair.  If I owned an au pair company and you did that through my company, I'd blacklist you. Not saying this to be cruel, but so you can be realistic.  [/quote]

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