So that's the main reaction I get when I tell people the following news: My wife and I are thinking about becoming foster parents. Right now we're starting to do some research to see how it all works or how one gets qualified to be a foster parent.
People tend to think we're crazy. "You've got three already" or "you gotta be careful" or "why would you take care of someone else's kid?" (I'm serious about that last one too! That's not exactly what he said but that's the jist of the conversation!) The bottom line is my wife and I want to help and we think we could give a solid foundation to a kid who needs it. And the government PAYS foster parents, so it's not "detracting" anything from my biological children. It's like homecare in the healthcare system. It's way cheaper to pay to have someone stay in their home (when appropriate) than to keep them in an institution. The government actually saves money paying foster parents to care for wards of the state, and the kids have, I would argue, a much better chance at something approaching a normal childhood.
Oh and we are still planning to have a fourth biological child too.
"You have how many kids? You want more? You need to pull out!!"
"Three. Yes. I do pull out...I'm here aren't I?"
I guess I just need to stop sharing information with the knuckle draggers at work!
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