He is not a PUPPY!!!! VENT! - Adoption.com Forums

ARRGHH!! Why do people think that just because a child is a foster kid, you can give them back at the first sign of trouble??? They are not some puppy that can't be trained so you get rid of it. They are kids, not toys or old clothes! You don't just toss children away, you treasure them!!!!

We have had so many people ask us why we are putting up with our STBAS Munchkin's problems when we could "just wait for an easier one." We have even had doctors ask us if we will keep him if the diagnosis they are concerned about is right. (The doctor at least was happy when he had to explain his question of "What happens if he has XXX." We didn't get it because giving him up has never crossed our minds, so tried to say we would research it, ect.)

Yes, he has problems. But he could have just as easily have been a biological child and we would have had to deal with it all. We didn't go into this to get a perfect child. We went into it to help children until they could go home, and to adopt children into our family. Yes, he is as much work as the little kids combined, but he is worth every minute of it.

I just want to tell them (ok, scream!) that he is not a PUPPY!!!!! We took him in, we love him, and darn it we are keeping him, issues and all!!!

I guess I am just so mad that someone could see a child as disposable just because I didn't give birth to him, when they would never even consider their own child that way.

OK, vent over. Just needed to get that off my back.

Source: http://forums.adoption.com/foster-parent-support/399900-he-not-puppy-vent.html

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