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hi im 21 im not your typical partying type at all. i dont drink alcohol or smoke heck i dont even drink caffine. I have a very good and stable job with the local power company and also a side business. Own my own property with 10 acres and horses and 2 vehicles. hope my lil background there explains how im not your average 21 year old male in todays society. but i have a strong urge to help a kid out in life be there for them like the parent they should have.. should i even try or should i wait until im older and such?
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Whether you are too young depends on your state laws and agency regulations. Call, attend an orientation session, and ask.
But don't limit your ideas of helping children to just being a foster parent.
You could also ask about being a respite parent - that's when the children have a regular foster home they live in, but need to go somewhere else for a short while. Like the foster family needs to attend a wedding and the children aren't invited, so they go to a respite caregiver. Or the foster family has tickets to go on vacation, but the judge says the children have to stay so they can go on regular vistitations, so they go to a respite caregiver. That sort of thing.
Or consider getting involved in Big Brothers/Big Sisters. That's when the organization matches you with a "little" of your same sex, and you act like an older sibling to them. Meet once a week or so, take them places, give them experiences the child might not have had otherwise, but the child doesn't live with you.
There are lots of ways you can help children in your area. Maybe becoming a foster parent would work out, but if it doesn't then do consider other ways you can be involved.
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