Wow! All this sounds so sad!
We considered fostering but decided I could not cope mentally with giving back the kids.
I have 1 son and every time I see an add for foster parents I am tempted to apply, but I know it would tear me apart.
I am ill so probably would not get the approval anyway, but I know if I did foster I would give it 1000%, BUT part of me also thinks, if I/we did foster and treated child very well, and then they get back to their bio parents "who are still" not capable but get the kids back. Hard to explain, but I do know of a case where 3 kids were put in care, as they were been neglected, left alone in a freezing cold house, anyway, these people got their kids back about 3 yrs ago.
2 of the 3 kids are now in prison, the other threw herself off a bridge, and survived. Their bio dad is in jail for rape, and the bio mother has had 2 more kids since. I could not foster also knowing that the kids could end up back to where they started. It takes a very strong person to foster in my opinion. We are all different on how we cope, I am just not a 100% on fostering, and kids that need fostering need 1000%, sorry if this is all mixed up, trying to explain how I feel. Good luck to all of you who foster.
