What are the pros and cons with foster to adopt and just straight adoption?
We Foster-to-Adopt’ed. It worked out very well for us, we adopted two great kids, and never would have changed anything. I can only speak to where I live (Texas), but I believe things are pretty consistent throughout the USA. Pros – You get to form a bond with the kids and see how they mesh with your family before you make a final decision. We know people who had a child in their home for several months and were planing to adopt, they then found out the child was beginning to sexually abuse another child in their home. There had been no report of this behavior in the child’s file and may never had known if they hadn’t fostered him first. (The child went to live in a home specifically for children with such behavioral issues). – Many kids are placed in foster care for a time before released for adoption. If they are already living with a foster family looking to adopt, the foster family gets the opportunity to adopt first. This means that if you are hoping to adopt ‘high demand’ kids (y
