Categoría:fostering

Foster mom forces 19-year-old daughter to move out of her room to clear up space for new foster kids, daughter refuses to cooperate: ‘There’s no way you’re serious’

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Many parents may not agree with this take, but I don’t think parents should force their kids to move out before they are ready to, even if it means letting them stay in their childhood bedrooms well into their early 20s. It may not be the most healthy approach, or the one that properly teaches …
Seguir leyendo Foster mom forces 19-year-old daughter to move out of her room to clear up space for new foster kids, daughter refuses to cooperate: ‘There’s no way you’re serious’

17-year-old tells her 9-year-old foster sister that she ruined Mother’s Day because she clung to her mom the whole day: ‘Lola was overwhelmed, so she made my mom stay in her room with her.’

Publicado el por Categorías:children, family, family drama, foster, foster kid, foster mom, fostering, kids, mom, mother, mothers day, parenting, parents, siblings, sister, teenagers

Being a foster parent is a huge undertaking. Kids and teens who are going through the foster care system usually have extremely complex problems that you wouldn’t typically encounter with a child who hasn’t been raised in that system. They need a lot of additional support, and sometimes giving that support can come at the …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old tells her 9-year-old foster sister that she ruined Mother’s Day because she clung to her mom the whole day: ‘Lola was overwhelmed, so she made my mom stay in her room with her.’

Foster mom says she’s glad her 9-month-old foster daughter is an orphan so she’ll be easier to adopt in front of the babies 14-year-old sister: ‘It’s so nice to adopt babies. That way they’re not all messed up and disobedient later on’

Publicado el por Categorías:adoption, bad parenting, bad parents, crazy things parents say, family, foster, foster parents, fostering, fosters, orphan, orphans, parenting, Parenting Fail, sibling, siblings

There is something extremely nefarious about fostering young children for the explicit purpose of growing your family. It is one thing to be transparently trying to adopt a young child, going to an adoption agency, or fostering kids with integrity and adopting kids you foster because it’s the right thing for them, but taking on …
Seguir leyendo Foster mom says she’s glad her 9-month-old foster daughter is an orphan so she’ll be easier to adopt in front of the babies 14-year-old sister: ‘It’s so nice to adopt babies. That way they’re not all messed up and disobedient later on’

Foster parents demand that 12-year-old foster child constantly cooks and cleans for them, get offended when she doesn’t want to help them out of debt as a 32-year-old adult: ‘After the way they treated me, they have no right to ask for anything’

Publicado el por Categorías:aita, chores, cleaning, cooking, debt, family, foster, foster parents, fostering, housework, kids, maid, Reddit, reddit thread

Being a foster kid isn’t easy. Unless you get really lucky, there is a high likelihood you will spend a lot of your childhood bouncing between homes without the level of care that you deserve. Even those who manage to find a semi-permanent home are not guaranteed the best treatment. It can be a punishing …
Seguir leyendo Foster parents demand that 12-year-old foster child constantly cooks and cleans for them, get offended when she doesn’t want to help them out of debt as a 32-year-old adult: ‘After the way they treated me, they have no right to ask for anything’

Family kicks out 18-years-old foster kid, claiming ‘fostering is a business’ and that they can’t afford to support him anymore: ‘They told me it’s not personal’

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Some parents are born to become foster parents to kids in need of a home. They know exactly how to ensure the foster kid feels comfortable and at home, they know how to get them to open up, and how to welcome them with open arms. It is an honest gift, and those parents truly …
Seguir leyendo Family kicks out 18-years-old foster kid, claiming ‘fostering is a business’ and that they can’t afford to support him anymore: ‘They told me it’s not personal’

‘Ask [your] foster children for help’: Forsaken biochild refuses to give money to bankrupt parents after years of fostering ran the family bank account dry

Publicado el por Categorías:aita, child, childhood, family, family drama, foster, fostering, interesting, parenting, Parenting Fail, parents, Reddit, son, story

Fostering kids is a noble undertaking, but when your biological child gets lost in the mix, perhaps you’ve lost the thread of decency you were grasping at in the first place.  The Redditor in this next story may not have been a ‘troubled youth’ in the foster system, but after his parents left him forsaken …
Seguir leyendo ‘Ask [your] foster children for help’: Forsaken biochild refuses to give money to bankrupt parents after years of fostering ran the family bank account dry