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What If's
Anyone who has either fostered or adopted goes through different phases of being a parent - one of them (very normal) is the misgivings ... especially as you say when you have been through a time of constant turmoil from getting them up in the morning to getting them into bed at night (adding squabbling if you have more than one child in the home!) ... you even begin to wonder where are the rewards and smiles that you first imagined and saw in the "advertisements" for foster parents ... they are there - they just don't always show - so hang in there and it will get better. Summer time and lack of stimuli (no matter how busy you keep your kids!) that school accompanies their routines often sends them into that awful world of bored and thus mischief and even for most parents at least for a day if not a week - total irritation. The only other comment (don't shoot the messenger folks) is the placement you have may not be a good match with you or your family so if these feeling continue, discuss it with your worker and if need be change ... sometimes it just doesn't connect and both the parents and the child(ren) need the connection - whether short term placement or long ...
Hope this helps
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