[FunTracy]

This question if for those families that have been matched with a child but must wait a long time to travel. Would it ever be possible to send someone to the child's country to do foster care until they are cleared to come home? Would this even be something families would want to do?

I know that most families are not in the position to go and live in their child's country for months at a time while they wait. I will eventually adopt, but for now, I'd love to be the traveling nanny!

[momraine]

I don't think this would be possible in most countries, there might be one or two though. Mostly I think it would be too expensive to pay for your living expenses and the childs for months, also living in country may be more difficult than you imagine on your own. You would need to stay in the same town as the orphanage, it might be doable, but I doubt there would be very many people interested, it's a nice idea though.

[Max'smom]

The other 2 things I thought of is that 1) that it might be confusing for the children in terms of attachment--generally it is believed that healthy attachment requires that the new parents are the only caregivers who take care of the child's basic needs; plus 2) I doubt that there is a legal way in which a child that someone else is adopting could be released into your custody.

Max's mom

[FunTracy]

Good point about the issues with attachment. I hadn't thought about that.

Ahh, well. It was a fun idea to think about. Back to working and saving for my first adoption!