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Hi guys,
After much angst, thought and internal debate, I plan on "re-opening" as a foster home in June. I will be hoping to accept a foster-adopt placement of a child 0-3.
I adopted my son through foster care but he has been with me since he was an infant so he has no memory of all the DYFS stuff.
How do I prepare him? His other friends' mommies "grew their babies in their tummies." I will be taking in a foster child. Pregnancy takes 9 months. I could be waiting for more than a year for a placement.
A birth child is forever. I am hoping for a long term placement, but who knows.
How the heck do I get him ready and explain it to him?
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Hi there, I think you start talking to him about a baby/child coming to live with the two of you. Explain that this child's mommy and daddy can't take care of him/her so you will take care of them. You need to let him know that the baby may be with you for a short time, long time or forever. I think the decision to take a placement will cause you to talk to him (more) about how he came to your family (assuming you've been doing that all along). Good luck.
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