[mommy2fiveplus]

My parents started fostering when I was 4 years old and still foster now that I am 26. It was hard the first time around but got easier after that and I never would have given up the opprutunity to be a foster sib. I learned a lot about the real world and I really appreciated little things that other kids I knew took for granted. I now foster and my kids (6,5,4,2, 8 mos -3 bio, 2 adopt) all handle it really well. We tell them from the begininng that we are "babysitting" these kids until thier mom and dad can take care of them. When that doesn't happen we have adopted so the kids already know the drill. They miss the kids that are gone and occasionally ask about them, but they know that while we had them they were happy and are glad they can live with thier mom and dad again. They see how sad the kids are and how much they miss thier bios, so they have been happy for the kids that have gone back. They haven't needed antidepressants so far so I think it is going well, we hope to continue fostering until the house is full (either adopted or foster).