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I do require my children to attend church with us. I made it very clear that taking the children to another church was not an option for us. Even if it were another church of the same faith, it would not work out for our family to take the children some other place. I also feel that it is an important part of our family to worship together, therefore to fragment the family for that would not be good for our family. Most of the kids that we have taken have not been any religion, but we have taken a Jehovah's Witness and Catholic children. None of my foster children have ever practiced their official religion. The birth parent of my Jehovah's Witness kid made it clear that it was her religion, not the child's and she didn't care where we took him. My "catholic" children did not even know they were catholic. That was only brought up by the birth father (after we had the kids for 2 years) when he didn't want them to be adopted by up because we were not Catholic. I only take older kids and they have to agree to attend church with us. It is their choice, but if they choose not to attend, they have to be moved to a family that can accomadate them. We establish this before placement, so it has not been a problem for us. My agency is aware of the situation, and don't have a problem with it.
As for the piercing thing, our agency rules state that NO piercings are allowed for foster children period. It doesn't matter if the birth parents want them or not.
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