Ok, most of you know that we do reunification fostering and most of you know that we have sent two children back home to either mom or dad. We got a phone call yesterday asking if we would be willing to take back one of the kids that was sent home because of non-compliance with the orders that certain people should not have contact with the child once back home. Well, they (parents) decided that their child should be able to see who they want him to see and now the child is being put back into the system as their are safety issues. How many chances do these parents get? I have one child that has been in my care (who we are trying to adopt) for 2 1/2 years and has had 6 foster homes. We have already said yes that we would take this child back in and the state says that they are going to file a TPR on the mom, but since dad wasn’t on the original affidavit then he is starting from scratch with trying to reunify with his child. Why is it that foster care is so hard on these children and why is it that if the parents stand up / show up out of the blue stating that they want to take care of these children put them in harms way (at least in this case)? Don’t you think they would do anything possible to keep their children? I am a little upset over this as he has only been home for less than 3 months and his little world is going to go into shock (again) for the second time in his life…he is only 2 and we raised him for 1 1/2 years of this….?

I am not bashing the parents, I just don’t understand why they would promise to keep the child away from certain people (relatives) just to get custody and as soon as the paperwork is written yet the ink isn’t dry…they are off to visit such relatives.

Sigh……………………….
Edit – it is sad to say that we were on board thinking bio parents (dad) were the best for him, but after only a short time! Where is the long term commitment? Now, we are just confused!

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