Do all children who need foster/kinship families and adoptive families have problems?
Most children do, to some degree. Children often are frightened and confused by the separation from their parents. Some children are angry. Some children are sad. Some children think they are being punished. Even babies can be irritable and fretful at first. Most children need foster/kinship parents or adoptive parents because of something done to them, not something they have done. They are not “bad? children. They come from bad situations, but not bad families. Over time, the sad and mad feelings and behaviors gradually lessen as the child comes to know and trust you, and feel safe with you as parents. Adoptive parents take pride in watching their adopted children settle down and grow up strong, with the good feelings that come from belonging to a family of their own. Foster/Kinship parents take pride in helping teenagers catch up in school or learn how to groom themselves. Foster/Kinship parents also feel satisfaction when they help children reunite with their parents or kin folk, o
