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We're like 3 items away from being approved. Today I received a call from our SW and she said she had two potential placements to talk to me about.
The first is a 16yo with a 2yo son. I was told that she's very independent, takes care of her son as far as getting him changed, bathed, fed, etc., does chores, gets great grades. However I was told that she's very disrespectful, super demanding, loud, and has a bad attitude at times. We would be her 5th placement. Her goal is relative placement but she's been in care for 2 years and no one has come forward.
The second is a sibling group 3:female:, 6:female:, 8:male:. They have a hearing coming up to find out if they're coming into care. There is a 15yo brother that is currently in foster care that could come to us once the younger ones are settled.
We are meeting with the SW for the kids on Monday to find out more specifics about them. This would be our first placement. :eek: :banana: HaHa! I don't even know what to do right now!
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Wow, that is so exciting. A great couple at our church (well, they had to move due to work but there were there for years) adopted 3 siblings and loved it.
Adopting a teen who is also a mother would be a tricky one. I wonder how much of that attitude that's mentioned comes from the idea that they feel they should be treated as an adult because they have a kid now. Or, for that matter, because they've had to fend for themselves so much of their lives. being single I've thought I might be best handling just one kid, but this is a type of situation I'm thinking I may actually be able to deal with, if such a teen would be willing to commit to letting me help her be a more positive parent, which means learning to mirror that in how she treated me so her child would learn to be more respectful, etc., which is how I'd try to frame everything, I think. (I did a report for a Counseling course on teen parents and how to help them. the research was very enlightening.)
Good luck.
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