farmerlor
Lovin' The Homestead
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We fostered for 12 years. When we started we did NOT want to adopt but that quickly changed when we found out how easy it was to love these children. So we've adopted five and had to quit before we adopted the whole world.
The spanking thing wasn't an issue for us because we weren't spankers anyway but we took a Love and Logic class that helped a LOT with finding alternative ways to discipline and make the children responsible for their own behaviors.
I would say too that fostering is a good way to get your heart broken but if you look at the big picture and think about how you're helping even if it's in the short term it's a lot easier.
The spanking thing wasn't an issue for us because we weren't spankers anyway but we took a Love and Logic class that helped a LOT with finding alternative ways to discipline and make the children responsible for their own behaviors.
I would say too that fostering is a good way to get your heart broken but if you look at the big picture and think about how you're helping even if it's in the short term it's a lot easier.