#futurefosterparent

Being a foster parent.

This past Saturday I realized that I had a calling. A feeling inside of me stirred and then presented itself to me. This feeling told me that I was destined to support foster children by giving them a space in my home. I then decided to do a bit of research on the topic to see experiences held by others so that I may get an idea about what this requires. I then learned that there are many children without love around the country who need to have someone in their lives to support them. I know that I have always loved small children to the point where I would be willing to care for them. However, I have no interest in having children of my own, except for the purpose of having someone later in life to be there for me when I want the same amount of love that I had given to the world throughout my life. This may be considered selfish but I just want love without the troubling years of childhood. Throughout my life I would love to be isolated however I feel that in my older years I will feel the need for compassion and love.

Back to the subject of fostering children..... I made the decision that I would be willing to foster at least one child in my house until I am unable to continue. The problem with children, to me, is the disciplining the child when he or she is bad, but these problems would begin to arise more and more when the child is able to speak. The only option for me would be to have a child who was a newborn- a child that is up to five years of age. This would allow me to offer unconditional love for that child in the most important years of their lives. Development has been discussed in psychology and sociology since the beginning of the two fields. A child who is not nurtured will not have a healthy life whereas a child who was nurtured would be socially healthy. These studies have all been carried out by scientists who chiefly study the effects of a mother to their child however, few studies have thought about the relationship between a child and it's father. A father, through my own observations, has been proven to become more important as the child grows up whereas the child has a desire for the mother more. Although I can only provide so much as a male I would be able to love and care for a child. I figured that some love is better than no love which is what they would receive in an orphanage. Children are the world's future and if they are not nurtured in their beginning years then what will our world come to?