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[quote=Anonymous]I hate the stigmatization of the traumatized children in this thread, but I would second the idea that fostering a child is quite different in many ways from raising your birth children (I am a foster mother who ended up adopting; the child we adopted came to us at age 8 and I was 41 1/2 when she was born) Also, 2/3 of foster children either return to their custodial parents or to extended family. Fostering is amazing, but you definitely need to make sure your kids are on board, your spouse is on board, and educate yourself before you invest more mental energy in this. Your county or city will have fostering classes, but even before you do that, check out reddit/r/fosterparents, read books (I liked Til the End of June and Three Little Words), and if you can, talk to local foster parents who also have biokids.[/quote]
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