I don't want to start a new thread for this
but my friend has been taking classes and has now been approved to accept a foster child on a temporary basis, 3 months.
The more I talk to her about it the more I'm convinced she's only doing it for money and I think that's just fucked up.
I think the child deserves a loving home and I know my friend will take good care of her, but for all the wrong reasons.
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:00, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

How much does taking in a child pay?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:04, Reply)

I don't think it's much.

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:10, Reply)

welp, she's just told me "$150 a night!"

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:11, Reply)

Get yourself half a dozen little cunt-fruits on loan K,
You'll be able to go travelling in no time!
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:18, Reply)

Errrrm, no I disagree
There are people who are well off and can afford to take in foster children and provide them with a lot of love and affection without wanting anything other than the good feeling they get from doing it.

But there are others who would love to provide a loving and safe environment for foster children, but who simply don't have the means to do it, so getting paid is perfectly reasonable in that instance.

My Aunt and Uncle are foster carers, and I was talking to my Uncle and although he likes helping the kids out, he was very open in saying that if they weren't getting paid quite well for it, then they wouldn't be doing it.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:09, Reply)

you're talking about people that want to provide a loving and secure place for children
I'm talking about my friend that wants a steady paycheck
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:12, Reply)

Does she love kids?

( girlinthehole, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:18, Reply)

anything she has said to me about it hasn't involved anything including the word "love"
she's said it's good hours and good pay, that the permanent ones have a lot more training and better pay, a lot of the kids have an "issue", that she'd thought about doing the permanent but hasn't looked into what it takes to get certified
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:30, Reply)

She sounds dubious then.

( girlinthehole, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:33, Reply)

it's none of my business but it annoys me

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:49, Reply)

Well in that case I hope she gets face aidz and can't look after any more kids.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:19, Reply)

I agree.
Fostering should be seen as a job, unlike adoption of course. Some people will be good at this job and hopefully the ones who aren't will be weeded out.

My sister had a friend with a small child who had training in childcare. She didn't want to go back to work in a nursery so decided to go into fostering. She took on a very cute but very disruptive child and worked wonders with him.
( girlinthehole, Tue 25 Jan 2011, 20:17, Reply)