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In Maryland, all foster parents are foster/adopt. You foster a child and if the child becomes available for adoption you can adopt the child. If you aren't ready to adopt the child, that's fine. They'll just move the child to a different foster/adopt home.
In Maryland, kids can share a room with a child who is same sex. And basically, the number of children per room depends on the amount of square footage. Where I live, they want 165 square feet of floor space in order to put three kids in the room.
For guns, in Maryland, the guns have to be locked in a cabinet with the bullets stored separately. But I'm not a fan of having guns in a house (with or without children). My brother came to visit and I made him keep his gun in the trunk of his car.
The social worker will want to make sure you are both wanting to foster. It's normal for one parent to be more excited than the other. However, if your husband really doesn't want to foster, that could be a problem.
As for discipline, spanking is not allowed. Most people use "time out" or loss of tv time, computer time, etc.
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Mommy to
Princess Maire-Kate, 10
Princess Hanna, 4
Angel Duenas- 1/8/07 to 8/11/09. I miss my baby boy.
THERE ARE EIGHT DIFFERENT WAYS YOUR CHILD CAN DIE ON A CORDED WINDOW TREATMENT
Read "How Safe Cords Kill" at www.pfwbs.org
THREE CHILDREN HAVE STRANGLED TO DEATH SINCE ANGEL DIED ON 8/11/09.
Brandyn Coppedge died on 9/11/09. Rosie Smith died on 9/30/09 and Thapelo Kwofie died on 11/1/09. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is no longer recommending safety kits. They are now recommending that anywhere children live or visit should be free of corded window products.
Last edited by Kat-L : 05-14-2008 at 01:11 PM.
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