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Pam again
"Don't you get paid to adopt those kids? Do you adopt them to get a subsidy? Do they pay good?" Or comments like that. I've always had comments added to that like "I could NEVER take money just to LOVE a child!" (righteous indignation." I will never talk about our subsidy. And, although I am normally almost TOO honest, this is one time I lie and tell people we don't get one...for one thing, it's none of their business. For another thing, they are often clueless to the incredible needs of these children..and added expense. When we did foster parenting too it was even worse. "So you're getting money from the state?" I used to say, "You find me a babysitter who would watch a child for 24/7 and take seventy-five cents an hour." Again, I'd get a lot of "I could never foster because I could never take money to LOVE a child" (barf). Amazing to me that some people still think that all it takes to make these kids whole is to love them!!!! Well, that vent felt GOOD
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