Adoption Group: U.S. Foster Adoptive Families

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U.S. Foster Adoptive Families

For parents of children adopted from U.S. foster care.

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bio family balancing

We recently adopted our 2 daughters. Our girls come from a family of 8. Their six siblings live in separate homes (4 live with another foster family, and 2 live…
- Posted by luckydad to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Apr 16, 2014 at 3:33pm | 10 Comments | Post a reply
daughter is remembering bad things about foster experience

I’m wondering if anyone else has gone through this. Our 14 year old adopted daughter (came to us 2 years ago), has changed 180 degrees in her perception of her…
- Posted by western mom to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Apr 14, 2014 at 4:56am | 3 Comments | Post a reply
I don't know what to do, I feel frozen...

I need help, we had a child enter our foster home a few months before she turned 8 years old. A few months later, it was substantiated that she and…
- Posted by wanderingmom to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Apr 08, 2014 at 11:09pm | 8 Comments | Post a reply
Counseling...for how long

We have adopted a 7,8,9 year old sibling group. Two were in foster care, one was in shelter when they were placed with us,, almost a year ago. I always…
- Posted by momto4 to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Apr 07, 2014 at 11:31pm | 10 Comments | Post a reply
A shift in legal standing for adoptive parents?

We’ve been hearing from our agency and other contacts that there has been a policy change in Texas regarding the status of adoptive parents when a sibling of the adopted…
- Posted by hdctx to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Apr 05, 2014 at 3:56am | 6 Comments | Post a reply
post adoption contact, contract violation

The post adoption contact agreement between my daughter’s grandmother and I states that we will exchange emails once a month, with me being the first to send an email. I…
- Posted by rn4kidz to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Mar 31, 2014 at 3:29am | 12 Comments | Post a reply
Advice Needed - Fear of the Dark

We took placement of our son who is 8 years old about 4 months ago. In that short time, he has grown so much physically and emotionally, it is mind…
- Posted by Slwwilson to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Mar 30, 2014 at 10:59pm | 8 Comments | Post a reply
Heartbreaking story out of NC - please sign petition and share

17 year old foster child being kept in prison after a fight a school rather than being placed in an appropriate setting. Please read about, sign petition and share. Anyone…
- Posted by NYJon to U.S. Foster Adoptive Families on Mar 27, 2014 at 3:53pm | 1 Comment | Post a reply