While doing some research, I stumbled across a blog that is very anti-adoption and I’m not reading things into this. The author very obviously states it. The title of it was a big clue to begin with;“Legally Kidnapped” along with the fact that the author very openly bashed our very own blogger here, Lanette.

I normally wouldn’t give someone like this the space on my blog, but one of her comments was so ludicrous I had to discuss it.

The author states:

“As a final note, it is... more

In most states, you are considered a foster parent during the period between placement and finalization. You have all the rights and responsibilities that accompany your foster parent license, but also know that these rights may limit what you can and can not do in regards to your child.

Since you will still be under the supervision of your social services office, or adoption agency, they will need to be consulted or notified of major medical issues. If you need to admit your child to hospital, you will need to notify the office immediately.... more

There are times when you might not want to adopt your foster child. I didn’t understand this concept at first – after all, if you have a child that will be with you until they ‘age out’ of the system, why wouldn’t you want to adopt and make the child legally yours?

When we first got trained as foster-adopt parents, we heard all about nightmare children. These kids had been in a honeymoon period as they were foster children, and then, as soon as the adoption was final, they went crazy, spilling out all their demons, out of control... more