Fostering to Adopt an Infant

Foster parenting is somehow called co-parenting. There is a temporary obligation for a child. The State places infants in foster care because the biological parents have been accused of negligence or abuse of their infant, but the extent of the abuse is usually enough so that the children will be distanced from that home.

The biological parents will be given a plan by the state so as to get their children back along with a date by which they have to do it.

The child then, will have visits with his parents, this is when the case plans are running. The state will evaluate the progress of the parents in their case plans, and they will make sure the parents will make it.

It takes six to twelve months for a case plan to be completed, but often there will be some extensions. The length of the case plans and extensions are determined by the state rules and the judges’ decisions.

Also when the case plan is in process, the state is looking for relatives of the biological parents. Someone who is able to take care of the child. The state workers do this to maintain the family ties.

If the parents succeed with their case plans, they will be able to get their children back.

But if they fail to do so the judge will then terminate the parents’ rights to their children. Legally the child is open for adoption.

There are necessary requirements for a foster parent to be able to adopt, like a homestudy, and other things that are needed for adoption.

Also there will be classes, but these aren't your basic parenting classes. These classes discuss major child abuse reports. The foster parents will be able to cope with what the child feels after these sessions.

To be a good foster parent, you should be able to love a child whole-heartedly and because adoption is a “life long” commitment, love your adopted child as your own, from your own flesh and blood. Every child deserves a good family who will take care of them and will make their lives better in the future. Foster parents who turned real parents for the children who have been abused and neglected are just one of the society’s good Samaritans, for they will touch and change their lives, and these children might as well change their lives, thus, making a more attached, happy family.