Comments on: Episode 14 - Choose the Right Agency http://fosterpodcast.com/episode-14-choose-the-right-agency/ Join foster parents Tim and Wendy as they discuss foster care and adoption. With humor, insight and Christian faith, they share their everyday ups and downs as a foster family with hopes of adoption. Get your questions answered about the foster and fost adopt system while following Tim and Wendy as they journey through the process. What is it like to deal with the system? Are all social workers really jaded? How intrusive is it on your life? All these questions and more will be answered from a real-life perspective. Watch out! You may find yourself thinking about fostering or adopting too! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tim http://fosterpodcast.com/episode-14-choose-the-right-agency/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Tim Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:15:07 +0000 http://fosterpodcast.com/?p=17#comment-335 Great, so glad we're encouraging you. Don't drink too much out of the fire hose. :) Great, so glad we’re encouraging you. Don’t drink too much out of the fire hose. :)

]]> By: Gracie http://fosterpodcast.com/episode-14-choose-the-right-agency/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Gracie Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:01:42 +0000 http://fosterpodcast.com/?p=17#comment-334 Hey guys, Well, I've introduced you to my hubby and we listened to the first fourteen episodes today! We had to make a trip to complete fingerprints for our international adoption (yeah, trying two adoption processes at once is a little insane, we've decided!), so it was the perfect excuse to get more insights on how to approach this crazy life of foster care! Thanks for all of your insights and encouragement. God really used what you shared in Episode 4 to give me the proper perspective on our little guy's hearing tomorrow...and I am at peace, for the first time in months! We are looking forward to our next Foster Parenting Podcast marathon. :) Hey guys,
Well, I’ve introduced you to my hubby and we listened to the first fourteen episodes today! We had to make a trip to complete fingerprints for our international adoption (yeah, trying two adoption processes at once is a little insane, we’ve decided!), so it was the perfect excuse to get more insights on how to approach this crazy life of foster care! Thanks for all of your insights and encouragement. God really used what you shared in Episode 4 to give me the proper perspective on our little guy’s hearing tomorrow…and I am at peace, for the first time in months! We are looking forward to our next Foster Parenting Podcast marathon. :)

]]> By: Becca http://fosterpodcast.com/episode-14-choose-the-right-agency/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Becca Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:39:45 +0000 http://fosterpodcast.com/?p=17#comment-109 I am VERY interested in foster care and adoption and found your podcast - I am working on catching up, but am really enjoying it. My husband unfortunately has not joined me in my desire to help these children. Do you have any suggestions or comments on this scenario? I am VERY interested in foster care and adoption and found your podcast - I am working on catching up, but am really enjoying it. My husband unfortunately has not joined me in my desire to help these children. Do you have any suggestions or comments on this scenario?

]]> By: Michelle http://fosterpodcast.com/episode-14-choose-the-right-agency/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Michelle Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:48:30 +0000 http://fosterpodcast.com/?p=17#comment-87 FYI, some more book recs (these from a friend who knows we are adopting out of the foster system): http://www.amazon.com/Between-Parent-Child-Revolutionized-Communication/dp/0609809881 - Between Parent and Child, by Haim Ginott http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Are-Worth-Giving-Discipline/dp/0060014318 - Kids Are Worth It: Giving Your Child The Gift Of Inner Discipline, by Barbara Coloroso FYI, some more book recs (these from a friend who knows we are adopting out of the foster system):

http://www.amazon.com/Between-Parent-Child-Revolutionized-Communication/dp/0609809881 - Between Parent and Child, by Haim Ginott

http://www.amazon.com/Kids-Are-Worth-Giving-Discipline/dp/0060014318 - Kids Are Worth It: Giving Your Child The Gift Of Inner Discipline, by Barbara Coloroso

]]> By: Michelle http://fosterpodcast.com/episode-14-choose-the-right-agency/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Michelle Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:30:02 +0000 http://fosterpodcast.com/?p=17#comment-78 Hey gang! :) Thanks for recognizing us in the podcast this week; we're flattered. :) FL is a bit different in that you don't need to get a separate license to fost-adopt--because in FL, you either adopt straight from the foster system or foster only with the intent to adopt, but then the adoption process occurs after the parental rights are terminated and the child is officially put up for adoption. At that point, the state treats it as a straight-adopt, but the foster parents have "first dibs" after relations, if that makes sense. We are going that route. Great podcast as usual, and I sure hope "Amanda" feels better! No fun being sick, especially when you're a kid. ;( Hey gang! :) Thanks for recognizing us in the podcast this week; we’re flattered. :) FL is a bit different in that you don’t need to get a separate license to fost-adopt–because in FL, you either adopt straight from the foster system or foster only with the intent to adopt, but then the adoption process occurs after the parental rights are terminated and the child is officially put up for adoption. At that point, the state treats it as a straight-adopt, but the foster parents have “first dibs” after relations, if that makes sense. We are going that route.

Great podcast as usual, and I sure hope “Amanda” feels better! No fun being sick, especially when you’re a kid. ;(

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