| There is a big difference between looking to | | | | unable to care for the kid and subsequently |
| be an adoptive family and being a foster | | | | turned over their parental rights to the |
| family. The primary difference is that in | | | | foster care system. |
| adoption, the potential parent is looking | | | | |
| specifically to adopt. | | | | The third reason could be that the guardians |
| | | | or biological parents died and no one else |
| In a foster care situation, the foster family | | | | was able to care for the child. Foster care |
| is simply providing a temporary residence to | | | | adoptions occur after a child has been placed |
| nurture and care for a kid until they are | | | | with a foster family, so the hope is that the |
| either adopted or returned to their | | | | kid eventually becomes a permanent member of |
| biological parents. But some foster families | | | | that family unit. |
| develop a strong bond with the kid and want | | | | |
| to make him or her a permanent member of | | | | If the child was taken from the birth |
| their family through foster child adoption. | | | | parent(s) and their rights were terminated, |
| | | | then the foster child adoption agency will |
| The typical adoptive family has to apply to | | | | ensure that no one else can come forward to |
| adopt a child and then go through the lengthy | | | | claim the child. The last thing they want is |
| process of home studies and background | | | | for the kid to develop a bond with his or her |
| checks. Families already in the foster care | | | | new parents and then have to be taken away. |
| system will have an advantage. | | | | The trauma of that removal could be |
| | | | devastating to the kid. |
| The first advantage to foster child adoption | | | | |
| is that the child is already present in the | | | | If you are looking to be an adoptive family, |
| home and has developed bonds with the family | | | | consider being a foster parent first. Yes, |
| members. The second is that foster families | | | | you may develop a bond with a kid that has to |
| know how the system works and can help speed | | | | be returned to the parents but at least you |
| the process along. | | | | will be helping children who need someone to |
| | | | love them unconditionally. The positives far |
| Most foster children are placed into foster | | | | outweigh the negatives. |
| care for several reasons. The first is | | | | |
| because a court order was issued, demanding | | | | We offer a free child adoption audio gift. |
| that the kid be removed from the care of the | | | | Learn more about foster child adoption at our |
| biological parents due to neglect or abuse. | | | | portal, and drop us a note at our domestic |
| The second reason is that the parents were | | | | adoption blog. |