Fostering

[Gibs960]

There's me and my brother who visit my dad and step mum, we live with my mum, but I do feel as if I'm not good enough.

[TheEclipse]

Yeah I would be a bit upset about it too, myself, even though I like kids and like people helping others...

[Stryderman]

Not gonna lie but i know what its like to have your dad put his priorities over his gf / wife before his kids. Its a joke he doesnt listen to you at all you can get away with murder normally unless it involves her. You get blamed for everything that goes wrong.

If i were you try going to connexions or something like that. They have alot more experience with this sort of stuff than useless kids on this forum giving you lip for thinking your selfish. Your not selfish at all if hes doing it for all the wrong reasons you have every right to feel the way you do.

[Black_Apalachi]

Obviously you don't know me, my dad is an idiot who only favours his wife, they're only doing it for the money that much is obvious, and I don't want to go because when my dad meets someone knew whos gonna live with him, everyone else gets pushed out, last time it happened I got kicked out for 2 years. And plus you foster because you don't have kids, my dad has 4, and the ones that visit him both think no.

I don't understand; how does fostering gain one's self money? Surely an extra child just creates extra costs? Besides, do you really think these people want to foster a child for reasons other than giving the child a good home?

If I'm honest, I wouldn't exactly be excited either if my mum suddenly decided to foster a child, but it's hard for me to imagine this whole situation because my parents simply wouldn't have done something so drastic if they knew I was so against it. Also seems odd when you talk about why they're doing it.

[Stryderman]

I don't understand; how does fostering gain one's self money? Surely an extra child just creates extra costs? Besides, do you really think these people want to foster a child for reasons other than giving the child a good home?

If I'm honest, I wouldn't exactly be excited either if my mum suddenly decided to foster a child, but it's hard for me to imagine this whole situation because my parents simply wouldn't have done something so drastic if they knew I was so against it. Also seems odd when you talk about why they're doing it.

You can claim benefits housin benefits child support benefits etc. Same as having like 10 kids you would get more money from benefits than if you worked.

[Black_Apalachi]

But that money will be needed to look after the child plus the extra work of looking after the child, so it's hardly a very reliable get-rich-quick scheme.

[Gibs960]

You don't spend that much money, I know how my dad works.

[Black_Apalachi]

So you're actually serious that your dad is fostering a child purely to gain money? :S

[IceNineKills]

Obviously you don't know me, my dad is an idiot who only favours his wife, they're only doing it for the money that much is obvious, and I don't want to go because when my dad meets someone knew whos gonna live with him, everyone else gets pushed out, last time it happened I got kicked out for 2 years. And plus you foster because you don't have kids, my dad has 4, and the ones that visit him both think no.

for the money? the money that you get from fostering is a very small amount, not enough to live on for a single person.