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[quote=Anonymous]I am a single mom who was a foster parent.  I will say the one thing that I wasn't ready for was how much the child would have to do (appointments) and how my schedule did not matter.  The therapists would tell me what time is best for them and I was expected to take off work.  I had two sisters at first.  They each had therapy twice a week, saw a psychiatrist once a month, they had tutoring twice a week, they had one visit with mom a week, one visit with dad a week,  one sibling visit (older brother) every two weeks, and a visit with a case worker once a month.  Not one time did anyone ask my schedule.  They would tell me when the appointment was and I was expected to get them there.  I stopped fostering because my own children were suffering.  My kids had to stop all after school activities because all of my time was focused on getting the foster kids to wherever they needed to go.  Also, I did not have a job where I was able to take off work every single week to get them to a therapy appointment.  (Plus I felt that it was setting the kids up to fail pulling them out of school early every Tuesday, but that is another story).   When I stopped fostering they were suddenly willing to work with my schedule, but I didn't want to keep going.[/quote]

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