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If you want some or all of the children removed from your home, give the social worker a deadline of one to two weeks to pick them up. Tell her that while you appreciate her attemps, you do not feel that with this many children in your home, that you are able to care for them all as needed. This is what you are suppose to do if you are fostering and feel overwhelmed.
You may also want to see your own doctor as stress and hormone changes and can causeyou to feel nuts. I had four special needs boys at once and a year into their placements, I started thinking I was nuts. I ended up doing some therapy with the children's therapists that allowed me an outlet to vent my frustrations without judgement. This left my mind freer to parent my children.
You should not feel guilty about being overwhelmed. You have a lot to deal with. As for respite, it does throw the kids off, but the break is still nice.
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