Foster Parents - RaisingThem Group RSS Feed http://www.raisingthem.com/groups/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:42:19 -0400 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:42:19 -0400 RaisingThem RSS Feeds http://www.raisingthem.com/images/logo.gif http://www.raisingthem.com/ http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/47618/ Hi Foster Parents! I've worked with hundreds of foster kids over the past 17 years and mentored one for four years. I have so much respect for you! Many of them have issues with learning. I just wanted to pass on a short video of hope! www. ... Tue, 6 May 2008 18:52:10 -0400 http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/14747/ I guess someone got the wrong idea. I didn't say "I was uncomfortable giving the children back to their birth parents". I stated that I was concerned about the effect of their leaving on my birth children. ... Sun, 2 Mar 2008 20:21:31 -0500 http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/14747/ lynn, i'd say that if you're viewing fostering as a means of growing your family and are uncomfortable with "giving the kids back" (i don't see it that way, since they weren't mine to begin with), then i'd do foster to adopt ... Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:31:26 -0500 http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/14747/ Hi, I'm Lynn. My husband and I where thinking about fostering or adopting in the near future. We have 3 children now (4,7,9). ... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:40:53 -0500 http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/7110/ I am a single woman that loves children very much. I have been a teacher in a Lutheran school for 7 years and last year I had several foster parents in my classroom so I researched the program and wanted to become more involved. ... Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:47:42 -0400 http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/14747/ If you type in the search box under keyword "foster" there are few other foster parents. It would be great to send them a special invite. Let me know if you care to do it. Vero Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:32:13 -0400 http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/14747/ welcome! as far as i know, we're the only two foster parents on this board. if there are any others, please come out of hiding! we are in ohio, have 2 boys that we are adopting, but it's currently a foster placement (we need to work out the ... Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:40:11 -0400 http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/14747/ Hi, I'm Gina in Tucson, AZ. Sahm to seven children, our youngest five were adopted from foster care. We still do foster care, usually taking infants that are temporarily in the system. ... Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:53:07 -0400 http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/7110/ Hi! I became a foster parent because we were unable to bear biological children so we decided we should have kids that need us as much as we need them in our home. Sat, 2 Jun 2007 07:50:24 -0400 http://www.raisingthem.com/posts/view/7110/ Hello introduce yourself and tell us why did you become a foster parent. Vero Fri, 1 Jun 2007 23:14:15 -0400