This message was originally posted by
dawniemickey.
Your age is determined by your developmental age not your physical age in my opinion. However the majority of us develop similarly at certain ages hence the stereotype. Well I am 28 and my husband is 26. We have been married for 7 years and do not have children of our own. We have been in the process of certification for almost a year now. We had recently bought our first home and it was a major fixer-upper so that slowed us down quite a bit. We basically have gutted this house and have been in the process of restoring it for 5 months now. But once it is finished we will finally enter the realm of foster parenting. We are hoping to have it finished in two months. I am so excited, yet I am very anxious. It has to do with the unkown that comes with each child. Most of this anxiety is what I call the first time mommy syndrome. Never having been a parent, I wonder how well I will do. I will be taking in children up to the age of 10. How about anyone else out there. Can someone share their experience of becoming a foster parent never having been a parent prior? Any suggestions or advice would be most appreciated.