Re: Has Anyone adopted? How expensive is it?
Just my thoughts-
First Your a great person to open your life and home the way your thinking about.
I do would love to adopt a child if we could do it down the road finacially , even if we can conceive on our own.
About foster care, from my own experience, my mom did it for years. The first was a girl that was 13 when we got her, and yes my mom was paid about $850 a month for her care plus two yearly clothing allowances at like $1000. She stayed with us till she moved out at 19. She had contact with her grandparents and sometimes her mom.
We once had a 7 year old who was very troubled. She only stayed about 2 weeks, when she broke everything in our living room , my mother realized she could not adequaltly take care of her and she was placed elsewhere. I think with foster care thats the hardest part. You can apply though and advise them that you are interested in possiblity of adoption. They call you with cases all the time and you can turn them down, they will also look for someone for you who is young and has distant if not any contact with their parents. Its something to look into.
Although its hard to say no, my mom did a few times because she was a single mom, working full time and wanted to make sure as a foster parent she was a good one.
Good luck and let us know how it all goes...
First Your a great person to open your life and home the way your thinking about.
I do would love to adopt a child if we could do it down the road finacially , even if we can conceive on our own.
About foster care, from my own experience, my mom did it for years. The first was a girl that was 13 when we got her, and yes my mom was paid about $850 a month for her care plus two yearly clothing allowances at like $1000. She stayed with us till she moved out at 19. She had contact with her grandparents and sometimes her mom.
We once had a 7 year old who was very troubled. She only stayed about 2 weeks, when she broke everything in our living room , my mother realized she could not adequaltly take care of her and she was placed elsewhere. I think with foster care thats the hardest part. You can apply though and advise them that you are interested in possiblity of adoption. They call you with cases all the time and you can turn them down, they will also look for someone for you who is young and has distant if not any contact with their parents. Its something to look into.
Although its hard to say no, my mom did a few times because she was a single mom, working full time and wanted to make sure as a foster parent she was a good one.
Good luck and let us know how it all goes...
