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[quote=Anonymous]Do you want a kid you know will stay? If so, look into Barker or Adoptions Together; each have programs to adopt older kids from foster care.

Be honest about what you can take on. I have a friend who only fosters older teens and it is great--they have all gone to school and had part-time jobs, and she has really enjoyed helping them launch into adulthood. It is not a typical parenting situation but it works for her family.

If you're in the DC area, consider contacting DC127 or FAPAC and doing respite care to get a sense of what you can and can't handle.

Ideally, you will have flexible jobs because even with the most easy kids they'll still have sick days, snow days, days off, court dates, appointments, days where you're gathering their school enrollment documents and can't send them, parent-teacher conferences, school plays, and more. I am an adoptive parent and my wife and I both work but it takes a lot of scheduling--and a good bit of grace from our employers.

But it is good what you're doing. It's necessary.[/quote]

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