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Originally posted by kburch
I just got my "paperwork mountain" to fill out today, and I noticed a few questions in my adoption applications that ruffled my feathers a bit, especially after the discussion on this thread:
1) Describe why you are considering parenting a child other than your own at this time.
2) How do you see parenting a child other than your own affecting your life (such as time availablility or flexibility)?
I'm especially confused by the second one - as if parenting a biological child would not affect my availability or flexibility??? And shouldn't DES be trying to encourage potential aparents to consider adopted children "their own?"
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Kburch, this is very weird, because I went back to my mountain of paperwork as well, and I am finding pretty much the same stuff you mentioned. Almost word for word. I noticed you are in AZ, as well as I am and just started the PRIDE classes this week. I'm wondering if DES hands out the same generic forms to all agencies. But I agree 100% that the wording threw me for a loop! Especially since when you adopt, that child IS your own, regardless of why you adopted, or how flexible a parent you are! I'm betting we have the same packet of paperwork
