I went to an all day class on adopting a child who is in the foster care system with parental rights terminated. It was sobering. I must say it stopped me right in my tracks. I didn't think it would be like taking a puppy home or anything but the gravity of their years in foster care, the issues they deal with and the likelihood that the majority of them over a certain age will just stay a foster care kid until they're 18 was heart wrenching. They have problems but their biggest problem is that they just want a forever family and not be abandoned again.

I have a new respect for the people who adopt these special kids. I am going to stick out the 5 week course and see what happens.

3 months, 2 weeks ago by Melanie L.